XPost: aus.politics.guns, can.talk.guns, uk.politics.guns   
   From: haggisz@hotmail.com   
      
   10x wrote:   
   > On Sat, 14 Mar 2009 10:40:57 +1100, "Blinky Bill"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >> "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.   
   >   
   > Every year the number of firearms in the U.S. of A. increases   
   > significantly.  Meanwhile the total crime rate and the crime rate with   
   > firearms decreases. This decrease has been a slow general trend for a   
   > long time.   
   > How do you explain that?   
      
      
   Trev blinky will think up some rubbish that blames firearms as that is   
   what they are fixated on   
      
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