From:	Paul J. Adam Paul@********.demon.co.uk
Subject:	On the topic of gun control...
Date:	Sat, 17 Jul 1999 13:36:56 +0100

In article <Pine.GSO.3.95.990716165535.16268B-100000@*******>, Marc
Renouf <renouf@********.com> writes
>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,

"Dramatically"? Not so sure about that one...

>and has
>actually surpassed the corresponding American statistics on a per capita
>basis. So maybe it had the *wrong* effect...

Marc, precisely what change to British firearms laws do you (a) believe
occurred in 1995, and (b) made any significant difference to the
availability of criminal firearms? You couldn't carry a firearm for self-
defence before, you can't now, so _that_ didn't make any difference...


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Paul J. Adam