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Article #2215Re: Dick go *boom*
From: lambert
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 00:00
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 00:00
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In article <8j42t9$tgl$1@nnrp1.deja.com>, Dick <tjdick@my-deja.com> wrote: > You have said on several occasions indefinite things about not having > seen Australian statistics supporting our claims --but you never said > that you looked for them. I challenge you, as an apologist and actual > employee of the Australian government[1], to find statistics on the > number of firearms-related homicides in the state of Victoria. You > will see that there has been about a 300% *increase* since the ban. No he won't, because there hasn't been such an increase. I know this because I've looked up the actual numbers. This bogus claim has been debunked many times in talk.politics.guns, but pro-gunners keep repeating it. Tim Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
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