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John Navas <spamfilter@navasgrp.dublin.ca.us> wrote in message
news:IXRl6.3973
> In <kYIl6.60587$_D.11160931@typhoon.we.rr.com>, "Keith Paxton"
> <neodoesntw@ntspamknac.com> wrote:

> >Just like more and more gun laws aren't going to keep the
> >gang-banger in the neighborhood from poppin' a cap in
> >your ass when you look at him the wrong way.
>
> The why does the USA have one of the highest violent crime rates in the
> developed world to go along with the highest rate of private ownership
> of lethal weapons?

I just can't let this go, without pointing out: You do realize, don't you,
that your above response (if it were true) actually *proves* the statement I
made that you were responding to? More and more gun laws, no actual change
in the illegal use of guns. Gun laws don't stop Joe Gangbanger from
illegally obtaining and using a gun; they stop Jon Q Goodcitizen from being
able to buy a particular type of gun, in a certain time frame.

What you say there is the same as "The USA has the highest rate of Computer
Crime to go along with the highest rate of Private Computer Ownership."
Again, according to my servers' logs - not true. BTW, since Australia almost
completely outlawed guns two (three?) years ago, the "hot burglary" rate has
gone up five-fold. Why not break  into a house when the family is home? It's
not like they're going to have a gun to protect themselves.
--
Loren
"I'm Libertarian. That means the Republicans
annoy me slightly less than the Democrats"
-Larry Elder - Nov. 2000


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