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- Newsgroups: dc.general
- Path: sparky!uunet!clsi!kevin
- From: kevin@clsi.COM (Kevin Cameron)
- Subject: Re: Gun owners lose CT case
- Message-ID: <1992Dec22.151016.7776@clsi.COM>
- Originator: kevin@dubhe
- Sender: usenet@clsi.COM
- Reply-To: kevin@clsi.com
- Organization: CAD Language Systems Inc.
- References: <1885@tnc.UUCP>
- Date: Tue, 22 Dec 92 15:10:16 GMT
- Lines: 18
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- In article <1885@tnc.UUCP>, m0102@tnc.UUCP (FRANK NEY) writes:
- >
- > ...examined the experiences of Switzerland and Israel, it would have
- > seen a completely different picture.
- > Both countries distribute automatic weapons to their citizens
- > by the millions, and yet both have two of the lowest murder rates
- > in the world. According to researcher Don Kates of the Pacific
- > Research Institute for Public Policy, the armed Swiss only have a
- > murder rate of 1.13 per 100,000 people; in Israel, the rate is
- > 2.0. The US murder rate is 9.8 per 100,000 people.
- >
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- That's 'cause they are Swiss, not because they have guns
- - and what about Israel ?
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- Kev.
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