[geeks] its what you carry with you

[The Renaissance Man]

On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 12:20:23AM +1000, Scott Howard wrote:
> I don't agree with a lot of the laws like this they have bought in in
> Australia, but at the end of the day it's hard to disagree with the
> numbers.
> 
> Homicide rates in Australia are about 1/3rd that in the US. Gun related
> homicides are less than 1/10th the US.

Yeah, but that was true long before they started banning everything
sharp or capable of going bang.  So you really can't point at the recent
gun/knife control laws for that.

Half the problem in the US is that the inner cities are way overcrowded
and filled with a violent, hate-filled subculture dominated by drug
gangs, which run rampant because the US drug policy is both totally
misguided and utterly ineffectual.  Wouldn't want to cut into anyone's
profits, after all.


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