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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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Fri, 12 Sep 2003 03:19:52 GMT
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Dave Schuler wrote:
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In lugnet.off-topic.debate, Mike Petrucelli wrote:
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Well guess what, the gun crime rate in the U.S. is lower than it was 10
years ago.
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Citation, please.
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Online, I have no idea. Now in the papers, on the radio, on TV there have been
numerous citations of studies which indicate that the crime rate as gone down
but the brutality of crimes that do happen has increased, giving the overall
impression that crime has risen.
-Mike Petrucelli
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| (...) I would add to that the media slogan "if it bleeds, it leads" in terms of priority of news coverage. At least one study has demonstrated that murder rates have gone down by something like 18% over some recent period of time, but news coverage (...) (21 years ago, 12-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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