[geeks] its what you carry with you

[The Renaissance Man]

On Sun, Jul 11, 2004 at 01:59:50PM +0100, Mike Meredith wrote:
> And the high homicide rate in the US isn't simply down to the lack of
> total gun control either. There are a number of countries in Europe with
> widespread gun ownership that have very similar homicide rates to other
> countries in Europe with very low levels of gun ownership. If every gun
> in the US disappeared overnight it would still have a higher homicide
> rate than most European countries ... assuming that those deprived of a
> gun don't pick up a knife or use their hands.


Amen, brother.

As has been said, "Gun control is based on the concept that someont who
is prepared to mug or rob someone with a gun is too stupid to be able to
figure out how to do it with a baseball bat."


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