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Re: GUN CONTROL (was: Re: I'd just like to say I support Ann for Governor

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From: Fred McCall
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 1994 02:31
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In <CyAEHB.4FwE@austin.ibm.com> HACKER@HACKER.AUSTIN.IBM.COM  writes:

>In <38ktq2$8ie@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM>, dns@Starbase.NeoSoft.COM (Dwarf Nebula Software) writes:
>>In article <38eqog$d97@crchh518.bnr.ca>, Tom Gargulak <tomg@bnr.ca> wrote:
>>>
>>>Anyway, why compare USA states where guns are easily obtained?  Why not
>>>compare crime rates against other countries where guns are CONTROLLED
>>>and difficult to obtain?  Like Japan, England and most of Europe.  Then
>>>compare crime against countries where guns are easily obtained.  Like
>>>Mexico, Bosnia and Italy.  Its so obvious that only a gun-fanatic
>>>cannot understand it.
>>
>     Guns easily obtainable in Italy ????  Haven't been there
>     lately have you ?
>
>     You can own a hunting riffle, BUT NOT A HAND GUN.
>     For the most part a VERY saft place to live.

Well, for the most part, the United States is also a VERY safe place to
live.  As for Italy, isn't Sicily part of Italy?  I don't know of any of
the states of the United States where we routinely shoot judges and
prosecutors....


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From: merlin@annwfn.com (Fred McCall)
Subject: Re: GUN CONTROL (was: Re: I'd just like to say I support Ann for
    Governor
Date: Mon, 31 Oct 1994 20:31:12 -0600
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