Larry, Any chance you could set your options on your mail client to add a RE: when replying to emails. Kinda messes up the thread on my computer as it looks like you just posted a new thread on the same subject.
Well gun crime makes frontpage news in the UK. It is that rare. > -----Original Message----- > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:llyons@;ebstor.com] > Sent: 22 October 2002 14:27 > To: CF-Community > Subject: Possible Sniper Arrest > > > On training again, so my replies will be spotty today. > > at the same time, if you look at the murder rates in Canada and > the US, Canada has a murder rate that is far below what would be > expected if gun control laws had no effect on homicide rate. When > you statistically control for other factors, such as economic and > ses factors, the differences are even greater. > > One very good example I like was a study that compared emergency > room visits to Seattle area and Vancouver, BC area hospitals. For > Seattle the majority of emergency room visits were firearm > related. In Vancouver it was auto and home accidents. When > statistical matching was used to control for national differences > other than guns, such as health care factors etc, the only > differences that remained were entirely attributed to firearms. > > One thing that many forget in this arguement is the impulsiveness > involved with many firearm related homicides and incidents. > Beating a person to death or using a blunt instrument required a > lot of deliberation and intentionality. In contrast, how fast > does it take to use a firearm? Remove firearms from the equation > and homicide rates drop precipitously. > > larry > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists&body=lists/cf_community Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com
