Re: [RC] Reaction by Juan Cole to latest mass murders

[David R. Block]

Title: ORourke1 Signature

"After a shooting spree, they always want to take the guns away from the people who didn't do it"--William S. Burroughs http://quotes.dictionary.com/after_a_shooting_spree_they_always_want_to David "When a thing defies physical law, there's usually politics involved."--P. J. O’Rourke On 12/14/2012 3:49 PM, bil...@aol.com wrote:   Informed Comment Juan Cole   39 Murders by Gun Annually in Britain; 9,000 in US Posted: 14 Dec 2012 11:07 AM PST Reprint edn. Number of Murders, United States, 2009: 15,241 Number of Murders by Firearms, US, 2009: 9,146 Number of Murders, Britain, 2008*: 648 (Since Britain’s population is 1/5 that of US, this is equivalent to 3,240 US murders) Number of Murders by[pdf] firearms, Britain, 2008* 39 (equivalent to 195 US murders) *The Home office reported murder statistics in the UK for the 12 months to March 2009, but these are 12-month figures). For more on murder by firearms in Britain, see the BBC. The international comparisons show conclusively that fewer gun owners per capita produce not only fewer murders by firearm, but fewer murders per capita over all. In the case of Britain, firearms murders are 48 times fewer than in the US. Do hunters really need semi-automatic Glock hand guns? Is that how they roll in deer season? The US public doesn’t think so. -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <RadicalCentrism@googlegroups.com> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org