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   From: trevor@_SPAMBLOCK_rageaudio.com.au   
      
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   "APR"  wrote in message   
   news:49c824be$1@dnews.tpgi.com.au...   
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   > "Trevor Wilson"  wrote in message   
   > news:72npm8Fql8llU1@mid.individual.net...   
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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"    
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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   
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   > http://www.brookings.edu/es/urban/publications/gunbook4.pdf   
      
   **It does indeed. Thanks for the link. Like everything written by '10x', it   
   appears that the 20,000 figure is complete bullshit.   
      
      
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