Posted on 10/26/2002 8:12:44 AM PDT by NH Liberty
A series of high-profile shootings have highlighted the issue of gun control in the United States and Australia.
Australian Prime Minister John Howard has called for a ban on handguns following a shooting rampage at Monash University that left two dead and five wounded.
Meanwhile, the string of sniper shootings in the area surrounding Washington DC has prompted calls for tighter gun control in the United States.
There are an estimated 200 million privately held guns in the US, where the number of gun-related deaths each year runs into the tens of thousands.
But pro-firearm lobbyists say that restricted access to guns in countries like the UK and Japan leads to more crime against unarmed citizens.
(Excerpt) Read more at news.bbc.co.uk ...
His count is a little light.
Regards,
Also, although England's murder rate is only one-sixth of America's
England's murder rate is increasing, while the United States murder rate is decreasing.
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There is an important point here that many people fail to see. The murder rate in England now is 50% higher than a century ago when guns were unregulated and everyone had them. It is one of the best arguments against gun control in England. At the beginning of the 21st century nobody has guns but murders are substantially greater than the beginning of the 20th century when everybody had them and you could carry them anywhere. Ironically, they decided to regulate them to keep the socialists/communists from fomenting a revolution in the 1920's. Talk about short-sighted, and it clearly didn't do much to stop the socialists...
This is the type of statistics I am looking for. I have heard these type of statistics before (and don't doubt them), but I don't have a definitive souce for them. Can anyone direct me to one, and for the U.S. as well. I have a difficult time quoting statistics in arguments without any source material to back them up if called on them. In particular, I am wanting to confront a certain local radio talk show host that likes to come back from opposition he can't really refute with a statement like "Okay, so name one". Most conservative opponents of his are left looking like a fool when this happens, and I'd rather not end up that way when I'm sure my argument is valid.
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