It would simply add a new method. Probably not affect the overall rate much.
Brendan MacRae wrote: > >> True, but he's right about it being a symptom of >> something deeper. If >> you put large amounts of guns in the hands of people >> in Japan, its not >> going to have any where near the same effect as if >> you put them in the >> hands of people in Rwanda or Nigeria. High violent >> crime rate usually >> points to something deeper in the social fabric than >> just the >> availability of weapons. >> >> >>> William Robb >>> >>> >>> > Perhaps, but Japan also has a rather high suicide rate > per capita. Not so sure adding guns into that mix > would have positive consequences. > > Just an asside. > > -Brendan > > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ > Any questions? Get answers on any topic at www.Answers.yahoo.com. Try it now. > > -- -- The more I know of men, the more I like my dog. -- Anne Louise Germaine de Stael -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net