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Original Usenet message from alt.ascii-art, 1 Dec 2004.
Re: ASCII Art Fart for Thu, 2004 Nov 25

Re: ASCII Art Fart for Thu, 2004 Nov 25

In <1go34nb.t2y6c714sn8hsN%email@DELETE_THIS.luddite.no-ip.com>, Simon
Williams wrote:

>Sharky <sha...@hellsgates.cor> wrote:
>
>> "Laws that forbid the carrying of arms...disarm only those who are
>> neither inclined nor determined to commit crimes...Such laws make
>> things worse for the assaulted and better for the assailants; they
>> serve rather to encourage than to prevent homicides, for an unarmed
>> man may be attacked with greater confidence than an armed man."
>> - Cesare Beccaria
>
>Compare US murder stats to those of countries like Canada and the UK.
>This argument sounds logical, but I don't believe the facts support it.

The facts are that all the unjustified homicides committed in the USA are
committed in violation of some law. More importantly, the vast majority of
these unjustified homicides are committed by people who are in possession
of arms that have been attained illegally and committed against unarmed,
law abiding citizens. You can compare the "murder" rate in the USA with
places that doctor their statistics all you want, the meat is in the
overall death rate of a country's citizens - you might want to dig a little
deeper on that topic.

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Sharky

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