From: "rastech", [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi Steve, You may have this already, in which case my apologies. Bob > > IN TODAY'S NEWS > > > Gun ownership is at record high levels, but deaths due to > firearms are at the lowest levels in decades -- two facts that > must pose an embarrassment to those who want the government to > disarm ordinary citizens. The realities simply do not support > their pleas. > > o Firearms deaths are at low levels not seen since the > 1960s, while Americans owned 230 million guns as of 1996, > according to a Police Foundation study -- and the > industry has been producing roughly three million guns > each year for domestic sales. > > o From 1973 to 1992, the American gun supply nearly doubled > -- but homicide rates were stable. > > o Fatal gun accidents among children ages 14 and under have > fallen from an average of about 500 a year in the early > 1970s to 121 in 1998. > > o Crime rates are lower for regions such as the Rocky > Mountain and North Central states, and population groups > such as whites and older males, where gun ownership is > higher. > > President Clinton's anti-gun rhetoric in recent years ignited a > frenzy of gun purchases among citizens panicked at the prospect > that their right to bear arms was about to be curtailed, experts > report. > > Now comes a report in the Journal of the American Medical > Association that the Brady Act -- which requires background > checks on potential gun purchasers -- has not had any impact on > gun homicides. > > Source: David B. Kopel (Independence Institute and Cato > Institute), "More Guns, Less Gun Violence," Wall Street Journal, > August 4, 2000. > Cybershooters website: http://www.cybershooters.org List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________________________________ T O P I C A The Email You Want. http://www.topica.com/t/16 Newsletters, Tips and Discussions on Your Favorite Topics
