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Re: Violence created by presence of guns? (was: Gotta love Oracle...)
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Date: 
Thu, 11 Oct 2001 21:18:25 GMT
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Let me play a bit of advocatis diabolis here ...

You're comparing vastly different countries, with different mindsets.

So, you would admit that there is a problem with SOMETHING in the US
mindset? But you are sure it has nothing to do with arms?

Compare within a country, especially within the US, and you'll see that
states that allow easy lawful access to guns tend to have lower violent
crime rates.

... and at the same time fuel the violent crimes in places where they are
easier to commit. As per your own analysis (which I actually agree with, in
a sense, as you can see from my reply to it).

Compare apples to apples, not oranges.

Yes, pleease, and I try hard. But its actually hard to do so, due to the
complexity of the issue.



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  Re: Violence created by presence of guns? (was: Gotta love Oracle...)
 
(...) Violent crime involving robberies and non-domestic assaults are usually committed by people who are not likely to pick up and move to another state where concealed handguns are not allowed just so they can commit crime. You'd be very hard (...) (23 years ago, 12-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Violence created by presence of guns? (was: Gotta love Oracle...)
 
(...) You're comparing vastly different countries, with different mindsets. Compare within a country, especially within the US, and you'll see that states that allow easy lawful access to guns tend to have lower violent crime rates. Compare apples (...) (23 years ago, 9-Oct-01, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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