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In article <NEWTNews.4814.782702587.woolfson@woolfson.unicom.net> Eric Woolfson <woolf@unicom.net> writes:
>       Well, the stats I posted included rich countries (Japan, 
>     Germany) poor ones (Ireland, Portugal) alcohol prone ones
>     (Sweden, Iceland, Ireland) and even violent ones (Germany,
>     Northern Ireland) - and yet the one unifying element is 
>     gun control laws that seem to keep down the tide of gun
>     violence.

The stats you posted neglect to include "death by pipe bombs".  Most
of the countries you listed above have a higher per-capita "death by
explosive device" rate than does the United States.  Ireland has been
undergoing decades of civil (and not so civil ...) war at the hands
of the British Army.  Care to wonder what the per-capita bomb death
rate in the British Isles is?
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