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Re: Dan Rather is a Useful Idiot Extraordinare
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Fri, 28 Feb 2003 17:05:50 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli writes:
> 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
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> Written January 6, 2003
> http://www.cnn.com/2003/WORLD/europe/01/06/uk.guns/index.html
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> Of course the actual statistics no longer appear to be available. Go figure.
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 teachers and primary school students, that example
doesn't really serve your cause.
Thanks again for the links, though.
Dave!
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| (...) True, but both articles site that illegally owned firearms were/are responsible for the vast majority of crime. The first article states that tighter gun control will not have any positive impact (but probably have a negative one) on the crime (...) (21 years ago, 1-Mar-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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