XPost: aus.politics.guns, can.talk.guns, uk.politics.guns   
   From: 10x@teluös.net   
      
   On Sun, 22 Mar 2009 19:22:58 +1100, "Blinky Bill"    
   wrote:   
      
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   >"10x" <10x@teluös.net> wrote in message   
   >news:j9kas41oo1bc8ursnpq66m4krgrl4fkk38@4ax.com...   
   >> On Sat, 21 Mar 2009 23:58:31 +1100, "Blinky Bill"    
   >> wrote:   
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   >>>"10x" <10x@teluös.net> wrote in message   
   >>>news:b6i9s4lsaf6so7lq3ks9ctb9crg16drjiq@4ax.com...   
   >>>> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:02:15 +1100, "Blinky Bill"    
   >>>> wrote:   
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   >>>>>>   
   >>>>>> 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.   
   >>   
   >> Yes that is a reality.  IF you take guns out of the equation will the   
   >> number of murders drop or will will the methods change?   
   >> The bottom line is, there are more guns available in the U.S. every   
   >> year and there are fewer murders with guns every year.   
   >   
   >Not true - the FBI figures for firearm homicide are   
   >2001  8890   
   >2002  9528   
   >2003 9659   
   >2004 9385   
   >2005 10100   
   >2006 10177   
   >   
      
   Firearms and Violence, you should read it...   
   This bit is very interesting.   
   http://www.nap.edu/openbook.php?record_id=10881&page=11   
      
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