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Re: An armed society...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 21 Jan 2002 16:53:33 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli writes:
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> > I would suggest bringing a gun into his own home is no solution.
> > Statistically, who is he most likely to shoot with the gun?
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> /objective mode on
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> Well ignoring the propaganda on both sides of the Gun Control issue, and using
> indepentant statistics from Gallup Polls.
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> This is all applicable to the USA.
> Roughly 10,000 crimes a year are committed with legally obtained guns. (It is
> almost 10 times that for illegally obtained guns.) Roughly 2,000,000 crimes a
> year are prevented by armed citizens.
How many are prevented by unarmed citizens?
How many times are guns used as a threat when there is no need?
Does that count as a prevented crime?
> Statistically the easier it is to
> legally obtain a gun in an area the lower the crime rate.
That is because statistically legal gun owners are white middle income
americans living in low crime areas.
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> /objective mode off
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> Gun Control has nothing to do with Guns and everything to do with Control.
> A politicain can never take away the peoples rights, so long as the people have
> the ability to shoot him for trying.
Tell that to the guys in Guantanamo Bay. Tell that to those held without
charge in US jails.
I shall ask again : "I would suggest bringing a gun into his own home is no
solution. Statistically, who is he most likely to shoot with the gun?"
Scott A
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> -Mike Petrucelli
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| (...) using (...) Not very many. They would tend to get shot for trying. (...) Only criminals use guns as a threat when there is no need. That is why they are criminals. (...) All things being equal otherwise, in areas where it is eaiser to legally (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) /objective mode on Well ignoring the propaganda on both sides of the Gun Control issue, and using indepentant statistics from Gallup Polls. This is all applicable to the USA. Roughly 10,000 crimes a year are committed with legally obtained (...) (22 years ago, 21-Jan-02, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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