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In article <1pcjkq$f50@sol.TIS.COM> mjr@tis.com (Marcus J Ranum) writes:
>	If all individuals who were convicted of a *second* offense
>involving use of weapons in wounding or killing someone were executed
>within 48 hours of sentencing, I suspect that we'd see a sharper drop
>in gun-related killings than if we banned all gun ownership.
>
>	Unfortunately, we're more likely to get the latter.

You may be right about the latter being a bit more likely but, IMO, that
puts it at about 5% likelihood compared to 3%.  I seriously doubt they'll
ever go so far as to ban private gun ownership...and buddha help us all,
if they do...

>	Unlike some readers of this group, I do believe that gun control
>would reduce gun related crime. It might even reduce it enough to make
>it worth attempting. But I'd rather see violent criminals killed quickly
>and painlessly, since that's the cheapest way of disposing of them.

Even I am not against all gun control.  But with hack politicians using
a sledgehammer where a tack hammer is called for, I find myself having to
oppose new laws.

    don