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Re: Sticking my gun where it doesn't belong...
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
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Mon, 28 Jul 2003 16:13:44 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Scott Arthur wrote:
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Where I live only 1 or 2 home-owners are killed by burglars each year. In
2000 there were a total of 64 (sixy-four) handgun offences in Scotland.
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Pittsburgh, PA alone has about that many offenses each month. Maybe it’s
because we spell offenses with an “s” rather than a “c.”
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If handgun ownership were deregulated here, I expect both numbers would
rise.
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That suggests an interesting thought experiment, which I pose to our
resident self-proclaimed “gun toting yahoos” as follows:
If the UK were to deregulate gun ownership, and if gun violence were to
increase subsequently, what might you suggest as an explanation?
Would you identify a correlation?
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Well you would kind of have to now wouldn’t you? Of course enacting regulation
in the first place and no impact on the crime rate so I don’t see why
deregulation would either.
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The latest stats for Scotland show:
- Handgun crime is lower now than 10 years ago (they were “banned” in 97).
- 50% of gun crime involves air weapons.
- Gun deaths per 100,000 = 0.12 (in the USA it is 4.08 - that’s 3400% higher!)
I think overall gun crime is rising (perhaps we should ban all guns?), but I
doubt you’ll find data that suggest increased gun ownership in the UK would
improve things?
It’s not just ownership; it’s culture. Michael Moore tells me you are a nation
of conformists who live in fear… I just don’t need a gun. Why do you need one?
What do you fear? ;)
Scott A
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| (...) Gotta stop ya right there. I think there should be a ban on certain firearms - Joe Schlub has no need to go buy an Uzi, AK-47, grenade launcher, etc. Sure, recreational shooting and all, yeah. These were weapons designed and built to take (...) (21 years ago, 28-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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