Sorry, I must disagree. An armed victim is more likely to defend
herself than a disarmed victim. To paraphrase a member of the English
House of Lords in the losing battle against the handgun ban in GB.
'Firearms are used to defend the weak against the strong. To restrict
their use by citizens is to deny them the right to self defense.
Governments may have the power to do that, but should not have the
right.' Apparently the British Government no longer believes in the
Citizens right of self defense. Do you?
William Robb wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "P. J. Alling" Subject: Re: PESO - American Fence
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>> Hand guns don't cause crime, if that were true once Great Britain banned
>> all hand guns, (and made shotgun ownership much more difficult), violent
>> crime would have been eliminated, in fact it increased, (violent crime
>> rates in England are now higher than in the US). I doubt that smuggling
>> firearms is the cause of violent crime in Canada, it's a symptom of
>> something else.
>>
>
> Straw man argument, Peter.
> Gun crimes are more likely to end up with the victim being more seriously
> hurt or dead than other types of weapons crimes, and can be used at range
> where the victim has less chance of self defence.
>
> William Robb
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