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Gun Laws do Not Reduce Criminal Violence According to New Study
Fraser Institute (Simon Fraser University) ^ | 27 November 2003 | Gary Mauser

Posted on 12/01/2003 3:10:12 PM PST by 45Auto

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To: Grut
this may be a perfectly objective study but it isn't under the auspices of a perfectly objective organization and so will be discounted or ignored.

Which, of course, does not prevent breathless press releases by VPC and HCI to be picked up by the NYT and WP and reported as gospel.

21 posted on 12/01/2003 4:48:10 PM PST by coloradan (Hence, etc.)
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To: 45Auto
Gary Mauser? I used to own a 98K Mauser. German military rifle that fires 7.92mm rounds. The first time I fired it, at 3am, flames shot out of the barrel a considerable distance. I'd never shot such a weapon at night, and it totally amazed me.

As you can tell, I'm not what you'd call a knowledgeable gun-owner.
22 posted on 12/01/2003 4:55:11 PM PST by savedbygrace
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To: 45Auto
Wow! check out the graphs in the full publication here. Amazing!

http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/admin/books/files/FailedExperiment.pdf
23 posted on 12/01/2003 5:13:16 PM PST by pjd
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To: MosesKnows
"The logic offered suggest that the people cannot be trusted so write laws and the people will follow the laws because the people can be trusted."

I think they know laws won't be followed. They just need more laws so that anyone can be found guilty of something, at any time need be. A stealth version of tyranny.

24 posted on 12/01/2003 5:33:49 PM PST by Bob Mc
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To: savedbygrace
I can't believe you were the first to get this guys name. I wonder if it is any relation to the famous family of these great guns.

Too bad the Germans lost the war and Mauser by default lost most of his patent rights. Just amazing that the Mauser action has never really been bettered. What a genious that guy was.
25 posted on 12/01/2003 5:34:56 PM PST by JSteff
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To: Bob Mc
"so that anyone can be found guilty of something, at any time need be"

B-I-N-G-O

26 posted on 12/01/2003 5:48:29 PM PST by George from New England
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To: 45Auto
Yes, but, but, but...

A person is 470,000 times more likely to be killed by his own gun than he is to defend himself from a criminal with it.

I know that's true. I just know it. It has to be.

And any statistics you show to the contrary are LIES.

Only my statistics are good. Everyone else LIES.
27 posted on 12/01/2003 8:33:59 PM PST by E. Pluribus Unum (Drug prohibition laws help fund terrorism.)
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To: 45Auto
Well Duh! Do they really expect the criminals to comply with the laws?!
28 posted on 12/01/2003 8:39:02 PM PST by RikaStrom
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To: Vinnie
LOL... If you don't mind, I am going to borrow that.
29 posted on 12/01/2003 8:42:18 PM PST by RikaStrom
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To: AAABEST; wku man; SLB; Travis McGee; Squantos; harpseal; Shooter 2.5; The Old Hoosier; xrp; ...
Click the Gadsden flag for pro-gun resources!
30 posted on 12/02/2003 4:40:59 AM PST by Joe Brower ("If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever." - G. Orwell)
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To: Joe Brower; Vinnie
"Gun Laws do Not Reduce Criminal Violence...."

Well DuuUUH.

Hey Joe, read #20. Funny.

31 posted on 12/02/2003 4:46:39 AM PST by AAABEST
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To: 45Auto
Whta a suprise - gun control has no positive effect on criminal activity.

Actually, it does. It makes criminal activity much safer!

32 posted on 12/02/2003 4:53:11 AM PST by RogueIsland
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To: 45Auto
Gary Mauser

One must assume no relateion to Tom.

33 posted on 12/02/2003 4:56:51 AM PST by RogueIsland
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BumpMarkable
34 posted on 12/02/2003 4:57:49 AM PST by LTCJ
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To: glock rocks
In all cases, the effort meant setting up expensive bureaucracies that produce no noticeable improvement to public safety or have made the situation worse.

It's not about protecting citizens it's about giving more power to the government !!


35 posted on 12/02/2003 5:01:30 AM PST by unixfox (Close the borders, problems solved!)
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To: 45Auto
Liberals aren't going to let facts get in the way of a perfectly emotional argument.
36 posted on 12/02/2003 5:18:45 AM PST by Gritty ("For bureaucrats, procedure is everything and outcomes are nothing"-Thomas Sowell)
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To: AAABEST
"Nice group, Daddy! Were those the Winchester Silver Tips?"

"No, those were 180 grain CCI Gold Dot."


37 posted on 12/02/2003 5:29:17 AM PST by Joe Brower ("If you want a picture of the future, imagine a boot stamping on a human face, forever." - G. Orwell)
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To: Vinnie
bump
38 posted on 12/02/2003 6:13:23 AM PST by BMiles2112
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To: SLB
# 20.........Stay Safe !
39 posted on 12/02/2003 6:42:02 AM PST by Squantos (Support Mental Health !........or........ I'LL KILL YOU !!!!)
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To: 45Auto
As has been said before, it is about control, not guns.
40 posted on 12/02/2003 6:57:13 AM PST by Blood of Tyrants (Even if the government took all your earnings, you wouldn’t be, in its eyes, a slave.)
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