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Eeyore said:And how are you going to make sure they're there and not in the hands of
criminals ?
Graham
First off they are already in the hands of the criminals....
The theory is that if there were enough armed individuals around the
criminals would be less inclined to use them....
That theory proved true for about the first 100-150 yrs...??....of this
nation....and proves true in certain states were the murder rate is
lower
then others...and the carry of weapons is fairly simple...
There is a town in Georgia that a homeowner is required to have a
weapon in his home....they have the lowest breaking and entering of any
town of equivalent size in any of the states....
The murder rate here in the states is high....but if you look at the
figures most of the murders occur between gangs.....and the people
being shot are in the young adult range....and nowhere does anyone
talk about the crimes that are deterred because someone is armed....
If you look at the murder figures by cities...the cities/states with
the toughest gun laws are the ones that have the highest figures....
of course this is a chicken egg thing....did the laws become tough
because there were a bunch of murders...??...or do the murders occur
because it is so difficult for a honest citizen to have a gun....
I am not going to go searching all over the internet for references
concerning the above statesments....if you do not want to accept my
word on above....suggest you go look for contrary figures/opinions.....
Are there gun accidents...of course there are...and if more people had
guns there would be more of them....but my opinion is the decrease in
the
murder rate/crime rate if guns were more available to those who desired
to carry would more then offset the accidents and deaths caused by
crazies and others....the way we are going now does not seem to be
working..
and someone once said if you continue in the same way and expect
different results then you are really crazy....or something like that...
<grin>.....so I think we should loosen up gun laws...not tighten them as
we have been doing.....
thank you for listening to my rant...<grin>....have fun.....sno
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