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Re: GUN CONTROL

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From: David L. Cathey
Date: Wed, 23 Nov 1994 15:07
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In article <karches-2211941137500001@dal33.onramp.net>, karches@onramp.net (Tom Karches) writes:
> In article <CznJo5.10w@metronet.com>, rayward@metronet.com (Ray
>> Let's see some stats, citations, etc. and get quantitative.  Passing
>> carry laws brings some classes of violent crime down substantially --
>> 20%+ is a year or so, not the noise-level drifts you allude to.
> 
> How can you prove that carry laws reduce violent crime? If the crime
> dosen't happen, how do we know that a concealed, carried weapon prevented
> it?

	Good point... almost.  If a carry law gets passed, and violent crime
(not just gun-related violent crime) goes down 20%, can you prove it wasn't
the guns?

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Newsgroups: tx.general,dfw.general,tx.guns,austin.general
Subject: Re: GUN CONTROL
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