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In article <1993Mar10.161419.10152@apgea.army.mil> ahgrabow@apgea.army.mil (Alexander H. Grabowski <ahgrabow>) writes:
>Hello, guys,
>
>I just heard some very interesting numbers on WBAL's morning show
>with Uncel Al. I think, they perhaps might wake up some people-
>but perhaps I am too optimistic.
>
>Facts:
>
>Every year, more US-citizens are killed by guns than during
>the whole, 10-year vietnam war (then: ~53.000).

I don't want to get into the gun control discussion on dc.general
again, but that's simply false, which makes me wonder about the rest
of the figures.
>
>Considering that Great Britains has not less than 1/5 of the 
>population of the US that would result in a murder rate of 
>1750 per year in the US. 
>
>Compare that to more than 50.000!

Now we get really silly, as not even the total number of murders is
anywhere near 50,000/yr.  Check any almanac.

>You simply can't brake the laws of logic- more guns out in the streat
>definitely means more killings.

Of course, if you ignore the fact that non-firearms murders in the US
are greater per capita than murders in Great Britain (using your
figure for Britain, which is probably nonsense also), it seems you can
cast that premise into doubt.

>- I don't know what I am talking about....

This one is about the only true fact in your article.

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I still find irony in a call for gun control from someone posting from
an army.mil site.
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