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   From: nospam@buggeroff.com   
      
   "Blinky Bill"  wrote in message   
   news:49baefa8$1$32359$c30e37c6@pit-reader.telstra.net...   
   >   
   > "Angela Marsh"  wrote in message   
   > news:Xns9BCD86EA13B9VoiceFreedomfreedomn@216.196.97.142...   
   >> In the case of European gun related crimes, their governments and the   
   >> people once again call for more of what consistantly fails and leads to   
   >> more "gun violence".   
   >   
   > In the case of Colorado and many other US states, their governments and   
   > the people once again call for more of what consistently fails and leads   
   > to more gun violence.   
   >   
   > Compare gun homicide rates in the US with that in the European countries   
   > cited and you will see which laws are associated with lower rates of gun   
   > violence.   
   >   
   >>Note that once again, the gun is blamed for the   
   >> crime, not the perpetrator(s),   
   >   
   > Where was the gun blamed?   
   >   
   >> and conversly the people are left more   
   >> and more at the mercy of evil.   
   >   
   > Is that the deplorable evil of gun homicide rates that are a fraction of   
   > those in the US   
   >   
   >>   
   >> Arm your people Europe, and teach them the use of arms from their   
   >> earliest days, and your criminals will slink in fear of them.   
   >   
   > That doesn't happen in  the US - why do you suppose it will happen in   
   > Europe if they are foolish enough to follow the US example?   
   >   
   >   
   >>Evil   
   >> cannot be defeated fleeing from it, or by surrendering yourselves to   
   >> it. It must be met head on wherever and whenever it is encountered.   
   >   
   > Exactly right - we should not flee from the evil consequences of   
   > inadequate gun laws,   
      
   The exisiting laws are entirely adequate. It's the people who ignore tham   
   that are the problem.   
      
   But you knew that already.   
      
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