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Six-nation survey finds gun crimes, fear widespread
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| Mon Jun 19
Posted on 06/19/2006 5:53:03 AM PDT by 300magnum
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posted on
06/19/2006 5:53:05 AM PDT
by
300magnum
To: 300magnum
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posted on
06/19/2006 5:54:04 AM PDT
by
satchmodog9
(Most people stand on the tracks and never even hear the train coming)
To: 300magnum
We need to boot the UN. Now.
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posted on
06/19/2006 5:55:17 AM PDT
by
JamesP81
To: 300magnum
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posted on
06/19/2006 5:56:49 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Islam Factoid:After forcing young girls to watch his men execute their fathers, Muhammad raped them.)
To: JamesP81
We need to boot the UN. Now. Maybe we could use "Eminent Domain" to kick 'em out, and use the building for high end apartments. :-)
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:00:08 AM PDT
by
300magnum
(We know that if evil is not confronted, it gains in strength and audacity, and returns to strike us)
To: 300magnum
Restrict international small arms sales? That sounds all very nice.
Criminals will continue to smuggle the weapons they always have, while licensed, lawful citizens have to pay $5,000 for a Glock 19.
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:02:06 AM PDT
by
Gefreiter
("Are you drinking 1% because you think you're fat?")
To: 300magnum
Brazil and S. Africa are pretty bad.
In Rio, a friend was chased across a busy street during broad daylight by an armed robber.
In Jo'berg, an acquiantance ate dinner two doors down the street from another restaurant which was blown up later that evening.
Lumping those places in with Canada, the UK, and even India is going to provide extremely skewed statistics.
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:02:12 AM PDT
by
angkor
To: 300magnum
I got some guns they can fear. Molon Labe!
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:03:01 AM PDT
by
PzLdr
("The Emperor is not as forgiving as I am" - Darth Vader)
To: 300magnum
Control Arms says there are around 640 million small arms and light weapons in the world and eight million more are produced each year. And we only have 80 million of them??? One eighth? We need to get on the ball, people.
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:06:54 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: PzLdr
7.62x39mm Bump to the top.
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:08:19 AM PDT
by
tcostell
(MOLON LABE)
To: Smokin' Joe
I think the numbers indicate that we have 80 million gun OWNERS in the US, but those owners own over 200 million guns (with more being added every day).
My guess is that these numbers are on the low side of reality. Other stats say that 50% of households in the US own guns.
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:17:21 AM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(I'm not paranoid, just pragmatic.)
To: 300magnum
Three in 10 people questioned in a six-nation survey have been the victim of gun crime or know someone who has been in the last five years, gun control campaigners said on Monday. The survey of about 1,000 people in each of Brazil, Britain, Canada, Guatemala, India and South Africa found widespread support for tighter international restrictions on trade in firearms, the Control Arms campaign said in a statement.
Mostly countries that already have strict gun-control laws.
I'd be interested to know which of these countries, if any, that a law-abiding citizen can acquire and legally carry a handgun in.
To: 300magnum
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The survey of about 1,000 people in each of Brazil, Britain, Canada, Guatemala, India and South Africa found widespread support for tighter international restrictions on trade in firearms, the Control Arms campaign said in a statement."
Meanwhile, up north a bit, in Rwanda, the Foundation Against Hacking Blacks (FAHB) asked that the machette makers and sellers be driven out of business, saying "We don't need no steenking tools no how."
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:21:13 AM PDT
by
G.Mason
(I wouldn't have wanted to live without having disturbed someone)
To: 300magnum
"Maybe we could use "Eminent Domain" to kick 'em out, and use the building for high end apartments. :-)"
Nahh.. a prison. It is a step up.
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:24:04 AM PDT
by
EQAndyBuzz
(Democrats - The reason we need term limits)
To: Disambiguator
Oops, my bad. Two hundred million guns is a better start...
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:36:30 AM PDT
by
Smokin' Joe
(How often God must weep at humans' folly.)
To: Smokin' Joe
80 million gun owners. Some 300 million guns between them.
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:41:47 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.- Aeschylus)
To: Smokin' Joe
I still think we're slacking. A country of 260 million should have at least 500 million firearms in its possession.
That's only two per person. What's the big deal?
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:42:15 AM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(I'm not paranoid, just pragmatic.)
To: Disambiguator
I'm working on it. I only have 8, but I'm building a 9th from pieces and parts. Got three more on my Wish List.
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:45:04 AM PDT
by
Dead Corpse
(It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.- Aeschylus)
To: 300magnum
Control Arms called on governments to introduce global principles to regulate transfers of weapons and ensure that they do not end up in the hands of human rights abusers.No doubt, in the minds of these people, the United States government is at the top of their list of "human rights abusers"...
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:53:38 AM PDT
by
The Electrician
("Government is the only enterprise in the world which expands in size when its failures increase.")
To: Dead Corpse
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posted on
06/19/2006 6:53:45 AM PDT
by
Disambiguator
(I'm not paranoid, just pragmatic.)
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