What just recently happened in that church in Colorado Springs tells me which side I'm on on this issue in our country. Although there are some good point from the other side too.


>An interesting analysis exists here:
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>http://www.soros.org/initiatives/justice/articles_publications/publications/gun_report_20000401/GunReport.pdf
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>And an interesting editorial for the other side (from the Wall Street Journal editorial page):
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>http://www.opinionjournal.com/extra/?id=105002026
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>and some stats in England:
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>http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/crime/article2324223.ece
>http://www.guncite.com/gun_control_gcgvinco.html
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>>>>From wikipedia, (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_violence_in_the_United_States)
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>>>Walter,
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>>>Please use a real source for your arguments. Wikipedia can be edited by anybody and contain anything they wish to publish. I wouldn't base any argument on, nor believe any argument based on wikipedia.
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>>Still people use sources that are directly related to Pro-Gun groups. How is that a ceditble source ?
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>>But since you asked:
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>>http://www.gun-control-network.org/GF01.htm
>>http://www.health.nsw.gov.au/public-health/phb/HTML2003/march03html/article4p48.html
>>http://www.aic.gov.au/media/2000/20001122.html
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>>The problem is that the dicsussion is way too polerised. There is no objective stance within the US unless you analyse the FBI stats yourself.
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>>But this should not be neccesary
>>Look at western Europe whether the average homicide rate is 5 times lower than the US. Should the US not look outside their little box and see what we do differently to handle this?? Sure gun-control probably is not the only thing that is neccesary (Adressing poverty to name another one).
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>>IOW, isn't it time to look at WHY there is such a difference between europe and the US and how the US can learn from europe, trying to deal with the issue ??
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>>Can anyone list a reason WHY the european model will not work in the US?