if that's the case then why are there significantly fewer hand gun and fire arm related crimes in Canada, where the gun laws are extremely strict and there is no carry and conceal laws (unless you're a cop or similar you cannot carry and conceal).
Yet in terms of gun ownership about 26% of all households have at least one firearm. There's an interesting review of the research on the topic at the Ministry of Justice Canada website: http://canada.justice.gc.ca/en/ps/rs/rep/1998/wd98-4a.html larry On 9/1/05, Matthew Blatchley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I agree with you G......only a small handful see this tragedy as an > opportunity to exploit what little they can get, which might very well be > more than what they started with before this took place. > > >One could argue that if there were no guns in the first place, you wouldn't > >need guns to shoot people with guns. > > One could argue it, but it doesn't make much difference now since it's > not going to fix what's already taking place. Gun laws are only stopping > legal gun owners anyway. The majority of criminals don't get guns legally, > so in a criminals mind the law doesn't matter much anyhow. They'll get the > guns on the street, or by stealing them, not by buying them at Wal-Mart. > Check out the stats on crime rates in states that allow carry and conceal > laws. They are much lower.... > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Discover CFTicket - The leading ColdFusion Help Desk and Trouble Ticket application http://www.houseoffusion.com/banners/view.cfm?bannerid=48 Message: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=i:5:171880 Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/threads.cfm/5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/lists.cfm/link=s:5 Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5 Donations & Support: http://www.houseoffusion.com/tiny.cfm/54
