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   Blinky Bill to 10x@teluös.net   
   Re: Guns arent the problem, criminals ar   
   21 Mar 09 23:58:31   
   
   XPost: aus.politics.guns, can.talk.guns, uk.politics.guns   
   From: nospam@anytime.com   
      
   "10x" <10x@teluös.net> wrote in message   
   news:b6i9s4lsaf6so7lq3ks9ctb9crg16drjiq@4ax.com...   
   > On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:02:15 +1100, "Blinky Bill"    
   > wrote:   
   >   
   >>>   
   >>> The exisiting laws are entirely adequate.   
   >>   
   >>What is your evidence for that? The US gun homicide rate certainly   
   >>suggests   
   >>otherwise.   
   >   
   > Murder is against the law in the U.S.A.   
   > Folks who have the intent to commit murder don't really care what   
   > method they use.   
      
   And ???? The reality is that 2 /3 of of murders use firearms in the US.   
      
   > The U.S.A. has over 20,000 laws restricting the use of firearms   
      
   A claim often made but never proved. Can youn prove it?   
      
   > including a federal law that prohibits possession of a firearm by a   
   > convicted felon.  Many of the murders commited by all means in the   
   > U.S.A. are by felons with histories of violence.   
      
   According to the FBI lesss than a quarter have a connection with crime.   
      
   >   
   > Not to mention every year the net number of firearms increases in the   
   > U.S.A. while the total crime rate and the crime rate with firearms   
   > decreases. Please explain that.   
      
   Provide evidence for your claim instead of asking me to explain it.   
      
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