On Tue, 14 Jan 2003 08:10:50 +0000, Ron Clarke wrote: > Hi Folks, Sam,
> On Mon, 13 Jan 2003 14:00:32 -0500, Samuel W. Heywood wrote: >> In the US and Switzerland there is a very high positive correlation >> between low violent crime rates and high gun ownership rates. Recently >> in Australia the firearms-related crime rate soared immediately after >> Australia passed some very restrictive anti-gun legislation. > Sorry Sam, this is not true. > This is a deliberate lie, and I really mean LIE, told by the pro-gun > lobby and the Riflemen's Assoc. in America, as represented by some film > actor whose name I forget. Oh yes, Charlton Heston. Two LIES... there is NO low violent crime rate in the US. The best filled prisons on this planet can be found in the US and the casualty rate due to fire arms is very high. CU, Bastiaan > There was an immediate outcry here in Oz about that, and this > particular actor was shown to have created his own "facts and figures", > that couldn't even be traced to any real ones that had been manipulated > to suit his own position. They were a total fabrication. > In fact, the reverse is true. > The strict gun control in Australia has actually been well supported > by a majority of us, otherwise the poll-led government would not be > continuing to strengthen the regulations, as they are. > Regards, > Ron > Ron Clarke > http://homepages.valylink.net.au/~ausreg/index.html > http://tadpole.aus.as > -- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
