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

"Shaun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 07:47:47 GMT, Clive Taylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 22:57:34 +0000, Shaun
> ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> >>On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 02:24:29 -0800, "John C. Randolph"
> >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>
> >>>Kane wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>> 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.
> >>>>
> >>>> Executions of then rendered helpless citizens did go up just a tad
> >>>> though...6 mill or so.
> >>>
> >>>More like 10 million.  Six Million were Jews, the rest were anyone else
> >>>that the nazis wanted dead.
> >>>
> >>
> >>You forgot to mention the several millions who did in fact have guns,
> >>which totally failed to protect them
> >
> >Facts? Figures? or is this more little White Feather garbage?
> >
> >
> It is in fact a curious piece of gun nut folk law that claims a few
> lightly armed Jewish civilians would have more success in defeating
> Nazi Germany compared to the four years it took the Red Army.

Perhaps it's not about winning.
I for one would rather die fighting than be led like a sheep into the gas
chamber.
Guess you wouldn't understand that.