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

Mike Harding <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in 
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:

> On 1 Dec 2003 22:55:53 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kane)
> wrote:
> 
>>Hey! Germany. 
>>
>>Gun crime dropped. 
>>
>>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?
> 
> Time for my quotes file to make an appearance:
> 
> "This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilised
> nation has full gun control. Our streets will be safer, our police
> more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future."
> 
> Adolf Hitler, 1935

This urban legend has been shot down more times than all of Goerring's 
aircraft.  Sorry, but there is no documentation of this ever being cited.

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Isn't it interesting that real *full* automatic assault weapons are legal
to own while lookalike *semi* automatic assault weapons are banned.

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decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who 
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