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A discussion of Gun Control for schrafinator

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joz
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Message 218 of 409 (124972)
07-16-2004 10:25 AM 		Reply to: Message 207 by Verzem
07-15-2004 6:06 AM

But one thing we can all happily agree on is that whether it is from your sites or mine, we have proven that gun violence has been steadily decreasing since 1993. This means that what we have been doing has been working. Perhaps this extrapolates to the idea that we don't need any more new gun laws.
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But what have we been doing that has caused these results? One can only guess. I make note of the fact that since around that time, more and more states have been passing concealed carry laws. Hmmmm??? Do you suppose there could be a correlation?
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Or possibly the correlation is with the end of the crack epidemic of the 1980's as Ayres and Donohue suggest....
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Shooting Down the More Guns, Less Crime Hypothesis by Ian Ayres, John J. Donohue :: SSRN
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Message 353 of 409 (131023)
08-06-2004 1:42 PM 		Reply to: Message 350 by contracycle
08-06-2004 6:28 AM

Re: Misconception about the Constitution and Bill of Rights
If so, exactly in what ways are they not responsible as gun owners?
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By bringing a device for homicide into the family domicile.
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Do these people by any chance also own kitchen knives? Or a hammer? Or a screwdriver? Or a......
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