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Re: Gun FACTS

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From: Dan Day
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 1994 20:40
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In article <Nov17.043137.88015@acs.ucalgary.ca> maceache@acs.ucalgary.ca (Allison Scott MacEachern) writes:
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>Just out of curiousity, since guns are so much safer than
>explosives, how  often do people kill themselves/others
>accidentally in Canada wwith explosives every year, compared with
>the gun numbers?

Before you consider the answer to that relevant to anything,
you're going to have to know the relative rates of firearm
ownership versus explosives ownership.

On a per-ownership basis, for example, a swimming pool in
the backyard is more of a threat to life than a firearm in
the home.
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From: dcd@se.houston.geoquest.slb.com (Dan Day)
Newsgroups: bc.general,can.legal,can.politics,talk.politics.guns
Subject: Re: Gun FACTS
Date: 18 Nov 1994 20:40:23 GMT
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