[thechat] Snowball fight turns... umm... I don't even knowhowto express it...

[Martin Burns]

On Tue, 25 Feb 2003, Chris Marsh wrote:

> > On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 13:49, Chris Marsh wrote:
> > > The previous post implied that gun-control would solve gun crime. I
> > > was merely stating facts. Fact number 1) The UK implemented "gun
> > > control" some time ago. Fact number 2) The UK has an escalating
> > > firearms problem.
> >
> > Still no causal link.  You're implying that the gun ban
> > isn't helping, as compared to the theoretical universe
> > in which the ban didn't happen.  And that cannot be supported
> > with the data you're using.
>
> The gun ban is clearly *not* helping. Illegal handguns are increasing in
> number. More people are being shot. The gun ban _only_affects_citizens_.
> Criminals are the people committing crimes.

And there's only 'law abiding citizens' and 'gun toting criminals who will
stop at nothing to commit their dastardly crimes (even if it's only a
common or garden mugging)'?

Cheers
Martin


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