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In article <38tl6g$g76@crchh518.bnr.ca>, tomg@bnr.ca (Tom G) writes:
> Pretty well written.  No comments that anti-gunners sell their babies
> or something.
> 
> Questions:  
> 
> Do you (or anyone else who wants to respond) support increasing
> the rate of incarceration even more than it has been?

	I don't want to, but you seem to think it's a good idea.  The
guns laws do more to make criminals out of honest people than to take the
guns out of the hands of criminals.  Making more criminals will probably
increase the rate of incarceration.

> Do you believe this helps reduce violent crime?

	Neither more or fewer guns laws will seriously effect violent crime.
The person was violent (or had become violent) before they picked up the
gun.  Next time they may pick up a knife, tire iron, ...  Gun laws to not
address the violence.

> More generally, what should be done to reduce the criminal use of guns?

	Personally, I find that to be a limited focus of the problem.  How
about reducing violent crime of ANY type and stop focusing on just the
gun part?  If you reduce *all* violent crime, that would reduce violent
criminal use of guns, no?

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