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[incog-nito]

payasyougo: Sorry, but using ANECDOTAL evidence makes for a very weak argument. The overall crime rate in Japan is still very low.

[incog-nito]

ubrew12: If you were to compile a list of the OVERALL crime rate in Western countries, for example, and the U.S. is right near the top, then you effectively argue that the proliferation of guns in American is an important factor. And many other people including myself would see it as a reasonable argument.

[payasyougo]

I''''ll go one more round.

1) Japanese have strict gun control.
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So what happens in Japan after strict gun control?

" 7 dead in stabbing spree in downtown Tokyo By SHINO YUASA, Associated Press Writer Sun Jun 8, 6:15 PM ET"

Also:

"A spate of knife attacks also have occurred in schools, the worst on June 8, 2001 when a man with a history of mental illness burst into elementary school near Osaka killing eight children. He was executed in 2004."

For those that continue to go thru life thinking that bad people will disappear with gun control - once again, it%u2019s not the gun. It%u2019s the person behind the gun.

[incog-nito]

ubrew12: Exactly. That''s why focusing on just gun crimes does not say anything about the overall crime rate in a country. In certain countries generally considered unstable, the machete has been used very effectively as a weapon.

[ubrew12]

incog-nito said: "A better measurement would be the death rate from all violent crimes, not just gun crimes. "

??? England: death by blood pudding?? France: death by slight?? Uganda: death by poisonous spider venom?? Do you really think each country has a different preferred method of offing someone?? Cuz I don''t. Maybe once upon a time...

[incog-nito]

ubrew12: I''m not crazy about the proliferation of guns in America, but your comparison does not tell the whole story. A better measurement would be the death rate from all violent crimes, not just gun crimes. That would give a better picture of whether gun ownership affects the crime rate. After all, the U.S. would score very well when it comes to machete-related deaths, for example.

[naucoming4u]

Does any country in the world have more gun stores than the USA?

Posted by Keithle1 at 08:24 PM : Jun 25, 2008
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What kind of country do you want to compare to?

Other industrialized nations... no.

Other third-world or developing countries run by tyrants or severely corrupt governments... yes...

...but they don''t exactly have a door bell when you enter!

[gce65]

Message to management:

SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS!

[gce65]

I wonder if they pried his gun "from his cold, dead hands!"

[gce65]

"I''ve got one word for you......PLASTICS!"