Re: Gun control doesn't work--so what?

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kane) wrote in
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> On 02 Dec 2003 06:41:30 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeffrey C.
> Dege) wrote:
> 
>>On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 00:14:39 GMT, Trevor Wilson
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>>"Bert Hyman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>>>news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>>>
>>>> >In that sense, it works well.
>>>>
>>>> Really? Where?
>>>
>>>Japan
>>>The UK
>>>Australia
>>>Sweden
>>>Holland
>>>Germany
>>>Every other Western, developed nation (except the US)
>>>Et al
>>
>> Which of those countries saw a decline in violent crime after
>> gun control was introduced?  None of them that I am familiar
>> with.
> 
> Hey! Germany. 
> 
> Gun crime dropped. 

   He said violent crime.
 
> Executions of then rendered helpless citizens did go up just a
> tad though...6 mill or so.
> 
> Well, except were some of the folks that had been disarmed by
> law that managed to come up with a few pieces. Executions
> slowed for a time...well, of the formerly disarmed at any
> rate. 
> 
> I strongly suggest to my friends and relatives in "gun free"
> countries some tactics to deal with such things...like how
> easy it is to manufacture guns, projectiles, and propellents.
> 
> I'd hate to see more gun laws such as Germany's. 
> 
> There surely are none like it today....right?

   Might be on the drawing board.

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