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Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare
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Fri, 28 Feb 2003 16:56:48 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler writes:
> In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli writes:
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> > The violent crime rate doubled* in Canada and tripled* in the UK after the • gun
> > control laws went into effect.
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> 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.
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> Dave!
Written August 11, 1998
http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/europe/9808/11/britain.gun.control/index.html
Written January 6, 2003
http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/01/06/uk.guns/index.html
Of course the actual statistics no longer appear to be available. Go figure.
-Mike Petrucelli
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| (...) Hey, thanks for the links. Unfortunately, the problem still remains that we cannot conclude that crime has risen *because* guns were banned, especially since the guns in the Dunblane incident were legally owned. Unless you propose arming (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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| (...) 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 (...) (21 years ago, 28-Feb-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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