🚀 go-pugleaf

In <37vkqg$ejj@news.utdallas.edu> goyal@utdallas.edu (Mohit K Goyal) writes:

>WRONG!  HCI supports everything *but* a ban on handguns.  They are very
>clear on this issue.

Perhaps someone would like to supply a quote to the contrary?

>Yeah, yeah, yeah...statistics *clearly* show that there are more 
>accidental shootings then self-defense shootings.  More innocent
>people die from guns than criminals.

Let's see those statistics.  I know that data compiled by the US
National Center for Health Statistics, the National Safety Council,
and the US Census Bureau clearly contradict these assertions.

>She simply had enough sense to realize that it wasn't worth the *risk*.
>People should not be allowed to carry concealed weapons.  It is safer
>for everyone.  Just finds stats on states which allow this vs. states
>that don't.

Again, let's see those statistics.  Florida's murder rate has gone
down while the rate in the US as a whole has increased since their CCW
law was passed in the late 1980's.

Follow-ups set to tx.guns.
-- 
Paul Barnett        Convex Computer Corp.
MPP OS Development  Richardson, TX