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   "Trevor Wilson"  wrote in message   
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   > "10x" <10x@teluös.net> wrote in message   
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   >> On Sun, 15 Mar 2009 23:02:15 +1100, "Blinky Bill"    
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   >> The U.S.A. has over 20,000 laws restricting the use of firearms   
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   > **Really? That many? Got a cite for that? However, just to humour you for   
   > the moment, you should understand that 20,000 weak, haphazard, poorly   
   > regulated and just plain nonsensical gun control laws are not a   
   > replacement for a dozen well thought out, tough, sane and properly policed   
   > gun control laws. Perhaps the US could learn from places like Australia,   
   > where the gun control laws are tough, sane, well policed and homogeneously   
   > applied accros the entire nation.   
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   A reputable PDF that might shed some light on the 20,000 figure   
      
   http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/publications/gunbook4.pdf   
      
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