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> >	Well, the prohition-era ban on machine guns reduced their use 
> >   in crime to zero.
> 
> Whoop-de-do. All this law did was prevent law-abiding citizens from getting
> MGs. It created another class of weapons - illegal/unregistered machines
> guns. Which are being used in more crimes right now than ever before.


      Data check.
      Please show us how many murders have been committed 
     by "illegal/unregistered machine guns". Or even proof
     of their increased use in crime.

> 
> > In fact, the Bush ban on imported assault 
> > weapons has resulted in a 45% drop in THEIR use in crime, just
> > since 1989.
> 
> What a phony statistic this is. Think about it. Just how do you know the
> country of origin of a weapon that is used in a crime? Last I checked,
> criminals, unless they were dead or captured, did not leave their weapons
> at the scene of the crime for demographic analysis.

        Then how do YOU know that "illegal/unregistered machine
       guns are "being used in crime more than ever before"?        

       Know any victims that checked the registration of the 
       machine gun that killed them?
                
> 
> And what relevance does it have anyway? If you are the victim of a crime,
> are you some how better off if the weapon was domestically manufactured?
> -- 
> Mike Tighe, 

      
       For the more enlightened, police DO recover a certain
     portion of guns used in crime, and said recoveries CAN 
     reveal trends in gun usages, broken down by type, caliber
     country of origin, site of acquisition, and the like.