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Re: Violence created by presence of guns? (was: Gotta love Oracle...)
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Wed, 24 Oct 2001 15:59:22 GMT
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> > However, these arguments ignore some important factors.
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> The arguments aren't even concerned with factors. There is a simple and plain
> correlation between lawful gun ownership and decreased violent crime. The
> numbers are there. Why this is true is not well understood and something
> about which we can conjecture. But it really just _is_ that way.
... within the US, because there is always a place nearby where it is easy
to get arms.
> > Also, they will be bit quicker shooting their victims whenever they suspect
> > one of them is reaching for a gun.
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> Quicker than they are now? What makes you think so?
Quicker in the US than in Europe, for example. What makes me think so is the
simple difference between how the average Europe Gas Station robbery differs
from what I have seen to happen in the US.
> > So, even if you assume the number of
> > badies and their illegal actions remains constant, their impact will
> > increase.
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> I don't assume it will remain constant. It will drop. It has done so in each
> and every venue studied. There are notable accounts of sociologists setting
> out to prove how bad certain gun-freeing legislation has been terrible for a
> community, who are turned by the data into gun advocates. If you are open to
> the truth, it is your only option.
Again, I suspect this can only be true if the legislation makes it harder
for the "good" people to get armed than it does for the badies. Which
generally is true when we are talking individual legislation of US states or
even smaller units.
:wq
Horst (who is a bit behind in reading news ...)
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