[geeks] Re: Gun Control

[Mike Meredith]

On Sun, 7 Dec 2003 17:02:13 -0500, Phil Stracchino wrote:
> Theoretical?

Well, I doubt anyone is going to offer me the job of making guns in the
US illegal anytime soon.

> The gun control lobby is already trying all of these and more.  They
> also picked up on a few tricks you missed.  

I should hope so ... however dumb they might be, they've been thinking
about it more than me.

> Violent criminals generally aren't rocket scientists, but they're
> bright enough to prefer unarmed victims, as I believe the UK is now
> discovering.

Whilst crime in which guns are involved is increasing in the UK, it is
still very rare ... for example in 1999, gun deaths were allegedly
slightly more than a 1/40 of the level in the US. "Armed" robbery
figures also include things like wooden "guns" being used to hold up
banks.