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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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Thu, 18 Sep 2003 11:31:46 GMT
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First I should say I am anti-gun ownership, possibly partly due to the fact that
I am a UK subject (not citizen as I don’t live in a republic)
A point that appears in this thread is the term gun crime.
In the UK pretty much all gun deaths/injuries will be crimes as you are not
allowed to shoot people even in self defence with a licenced gun
In the US you can shoot in self defence, for example if your home is broken
into, this means that the death/injury is not a crime and would not appear in
the crime statistics.
Surely this means that the figures for gun related crimes do not include all the
of the actual harm caused by the guns (or people using them anyway) thus a
comaprison of figures would be skewed.
Tim
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| (...) I always see the term "gun related deaths" used when I see these kinds of statistics. I have no idea whether there's a criminal factor in the assessment of the deaths at all -- frankly, why should there be? I think its possible that you are (...) (21 years ago, 18-Sep-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate, FTX)
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| Hey fellas, I've read a few of the many recent posts about firearms and whatnot. Welp, it's late and I feel like rambling a bit. Bear with me. Why is it that people dislike firearms so? I don't mean to pick on anyone, but in recent posts Dave and (...) (21 years ago, 26-Jul-03, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)
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