From:	Marc Renouf renouf@********.com
Subject:	On the topic of gun control...
Date:	Fri, 16 Jul 1999 16:57:46 -0400 (EDT)

On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Paul J. Adam wrote:

> On the other hand, we have a quarter of the population and yet 1/400 of
> the firearms deaths. Looks like gun control had _some_ effect...

Yes, but your crime rates for a variety of different types of
assault, burglary, and robbery have risen dramatically since 1995, and has
actually surpassed the corresponding American statistics on a per capita
basis. So maybe it had the *wrong* effect...

Marc