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Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare
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Fri, 28 Feb 2003 15:04:35 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> The violent crime rate doubled* in Canada and tripled* in the UK after the gun
> control laws went into effect.
Can you give an independent citation for that statistic? And some kind of
causitive confirmation that the crime rate increased *because* gun control
was initiated? Otherwise, the argument must be abandoned as a post hoc
interpretation. That doesn't mean that your overall point is invalid, but
this particular pillar doesn't effectively support it.
Dave!
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| (...) The violent crime rate doubled* in Canada and tripled* in the UK after the gun control laws went into effect. Yes they are still lower than in the US but that is beside the point. I do understand your point now, but unless every gun on the (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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