Larry, There is a big difference. The murder rate among blacks is 7X higher than among whites. (from the DOJ) That is a significant difference.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Lyons" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, November 16, 2002 9:45 AM Subject: RE: Gun Company Must Pay Teacher's Widow > So what are you saying that there is something intrinsically different if > there is a black population? Or that Winnipeg is not as diverse, if not more > so. If you're trying to argue that then you are being woefully ignorant of > both Winnipeg or Minneapolis. > > As of economies, yes there are very much the same. A mix of mining farming > and manufacturing with a significant portion of service oriented industries. > > > The point remains the same, when you hold all other factors constant, the > only factors that explain a significant portion of homicide rates are the > differences in gun control. > > -- > Larry C. Lyons > ColdFusion/Web Developer > Certified Advanced ColdFusion 5 Developer > EBStor.com > 8870 Rixlew Lane, Suite 204 > Manassas, Virginia 20109-3795 > tel: (703) 393-7930 > fax: (703) 393-2659 > Web: http://www.ebstor.com > email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Chaos, panic, and disorder - my work here is done. > -- > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Lon Lentz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 7:54 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: RE: Gun Company Must Pay Teacher's Widow > > > > > > Not the same economy. Not the same demographics. You can > > not compare these > > cities. One example. Minneapolis has a black population of > > 18%. In Winnipeg, > > it's 0.4%. > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Larry Lyons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, November 15, 2002 6:26 PM > > To: CF-Community > > Subject: Gun Company Must Pay Teacher's Widow > > > > > > I've posted the data before, so I'm not going to do it again, > > if you want > > you can use the archives to dig it up with the supporting evidence. > > > > consider the cities of Winnipeg and Minneapolis St. Paul. > > Same economy, > > demographics etc. Winnipeg Manitoba Canada, has very strict > > gun control > > laws, in 1995 there were 2 homicide, out of 11 total that were firearm > > related. Minneapolis-St Paul had 19 firearm related > > homicides. the data is > > the same for vancouver, bc and Seatle WA, Toronto On and > > Chicago, I could go > > on. The point being is that you can match these locations (in > > Canada and the > > US) on most different socio-economic factors, the difference > > in homicide > > rates for firearms is very plain, Canada has far less > > homicides by firearms > > than would be expected if gun control legislation did not work. > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Your ad could be here. Monies from ads go to support these lists and provide more resources for the community. http://www.fusionauthority.com/ads.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
