On Monday 06 May 2002 06:53 pm, you wrote:

>   A interisting point to ponder is that from what I  have heard the crime
> rate in Kenasaw Georga before passing that local ordance was extremely high
> compared to the rest of the state of georgia but after that law was in
> place for 3 months the crime rate had droped to way below average for the
> state.
>   Has getting rid of most of the firearms in a lot of the UK had that kind
> of positive effect?

You're on the right track here - taking guns away does NOT lower crime rates. 
Just the opposite, in fact. Britain and Australia (FWIH) are in the same 
boat... ;-(

I know, I know this is way OT, and I apologise...

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