XPost: talk.politics.guns, uk.politics.guns, aus.politics.guns   
   From: tag@ur.it   
      
   On 4/7/2014 4:24 PM, RD Sandman wrote:   
   > tag-along  wrote in news:lhv896$s45$17@dont-email.me:   
   >   
   >> On 4/7/2014 4:10 PM, RD Sandman wrote:   
   >>> "Dechucka"  wrote in   
   >>> news:XOidnVmsnKpKgd7OnZ2dnUVZ_qKdnZ2d@westnet.com.au:   
   >>>   
   >>>>   
   >>>> "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   >>>> news:XnsA30899188C4E3Hopewell@216.196.121.131...   
   >>>>> "Dechucka"  wrote in   
   >>>>> news:rLednfsbmOb6k97OnZ2dnUVZ_hednZ2d@westnet.com.au:   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>> news:XnsA308950766589Hopewell@216.196.121.131...   
   >>>>>>> "Dechucka"  wrote in   
   >>>>>>> news:iJednZdALtM-l97OnZ2dnUVZ_jydnZ2d@westnet.com.au:   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> "RD Sandman"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>> news:XnsA3086D243F6DAHopewell@216.196.121.131...   
   >>>>>>>>> "Dechucka"  wrote in   
   >>>>>>>>> news:Eb6dncGYd5YcUtzOnZ2dnUVZ_qmdnZ2d@westnet.com.au:   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> "tag-along"  wrote in message   
   >>>>>>>>>> news:lhsiq6$7eb$6@dont-email.me...   
   >>>>>>>>>>> On 4/6/2014 2:15 PM, Dechucka wrote:   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> Innocent person shootings with legal handguns   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>> are relatively rare.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>>> sad if you are the victim of one of these 'rare' ones   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Just as it's sad to get hit by a truck or lightning.   
   >>>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>>> Shit happens, deal.   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>> Glad shit like this happens a lot less frequently here in Aus   
   >>>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>> It should.  You have less people in your whole country than live   
   >>>>>>>>> in the LA basin.   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>> sorry per capita   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>>   
   >>>>>>> Same statement applies.  Statistics show that urban areas have   
   > much   
   >>>>>>> higher rates than rural ones, even though one or two homicides   
   >>>>>>> provide a much larger change in rural areas than 20 may provide in   
   >>>>>>> urban ones.   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> I believe that Australia is one of the most urbanized countries in   
   >>>>>> the world with about 90% of Australians living in an urban   
   >>>>>> environment   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> I am afraid you don't know what an urban environment really is.   
   > Have   
   >>>>> you been to New York City Chicago, Detroit, Downtown LA, Cleveland   
   >>>>> Cincinatti, etc..  I think your urban areas are more like Miami or   
   >>>>> Phoenix.   
   >>>>   
   >>>> I have been to some of those and your urban decay areas are a worry   
   >>>> with all those guns :-(   
   >>>   
   >>> 90% of them illegally possessed.  I would truly like to see a study   
   > that   
   >>> compares homicides with illegally possessed guns with those that   
   > legally   
   >>> possessed by "law abiding" citizens.  It could be a real eyeopener for   
   >>> many of these talking heads on the telly.  Most gun control is aimed   
   > at   
   >>> the wrong targets.   
   >>>   
   >>> . I've also been to Brixton before it was   
   >>>> beautified but London's homicide rate is only ~ 1.2/100 000   
   >>>   
   >>> I'd rather live here.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >> Really...tough choice...Tucson's constant sun and cool surrounding   
   >> mountains...or London's gloom and discolored old buildings.   
   >>   
   >> I bet you really had to weigh the virtues on that one, lol...   
   >>   
   >   
   > What really convinced me was Refrigeration by Lucas.   
   >   
   Hah!   
      
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