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Subject:	Re: Violence created by presence of guns? (was: Gotta love Oracle...)
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2001 16:30:49 GMT
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> Simple - they go to areas where weapons are hard to *lawfully* get. How far would they travel to do that? At least not to Europe ... > Statistics prove this out - the easier it is to *lawfully* get a gun, > hence the more *lawful* citizens have them, the lower the "bad" crimes > in the area. ... because these statistics must be within the US. And of course they prove nothing about how the situation would be like with a *consistent* legislation over the *whole US* making it a bit harder to get guns. :wq Horst

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		Re: Violence created by presence of guns? (was: Gotta love Oracle...)
(...) Guns are already more easily obtained through illegal channels in the US. Increasing the difficulty of obtaining a gun through legal channels will not stop any criminals from getting them. Why do people assume that just because something is (...) (25 years ago, 11-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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		Re: Violence created by presence of guns? (was: Gotta love Oracle...)
(...) Simple - they go to areas where weapons are hard to lawfully get. Statistics prove this out - the easier it is to lawfully get a gun, hence the more lawful citizens have them, the lower the "bad" crimes in the area. (...) No, they often (...) (25 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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