XPost: talk.politics.guns, can.politics   
   From: benj@nobody.net   
      
   On 12/7/2017 8:22 PM, !Jones wrote:   
   > x-no-idiots: yes   
   >   
   > On Thu, 7 Dec 2017 17:07:03 -0700, in talk.politics.guns John Milner   
   >  wrote:   
   >   
   >> Gun Control Fails: What Happened in England, Ireland, and Canada   
   >   
   > Well, let's look at the UN findings:   
   >   
   >  From 1995 through 2009   
   >   
   > UK (aka: England)	Average of 1.6 homicides per 100K (typ)   
   >   
   > Ireland:		About 1.1 over the same time period   
   >   
   > Canada:			Wow!  A crime wave at around a 1.8   
   >   
   > US:			a 4.9 to 5.0   
   >   
   > Please tell us again exactly how their approach has failed so badly.   
   > It hasn't changed any.  What is it about our approach that is so   
   > successful?  Why did we have yet another school shooting just today?   
   > Were there any school shootings in the UK today?  Were there any   
   > school shootings in Ireland?  Were there any school shootings in   
   > Canada.   
   >   
   > We have had about two weeks between this one and the last one; during   
   > that time period:  Were there any school shootings in the UK?  Were   
   > there any school shootings in Ireland?  Were there any school   
   > shootings in Canada.   
   >   
   > Let's see: we had Las Vegas followed quickly by Sutherland Springs.   
   > During the same time period, how many mass shootings were there in the   
   > UK?  How many mass shootings were there in Ireland?  How many mass   
   > shootings were there in Canada?   
   >   
   > Please explain your logic.   
   >   
   > I'll bet that you also believe that, when they wrote: "A   
   > well-regulated militia...", you think that the founders meant   
   > something completely different from: "A well-regulated militia..."   
   >   
   > It sounds to me like they meant: "A well regulated militia..."?   
      
      
   Huh, huh, huh. They said "militia"!   
      
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