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Topic: Two Cautionary Tales of Gun Control |
Two Cautionary Tales of Gun Control
Wall Street Journal, by Joyce Lee Malcolm
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Posted By:Desert Fox, 12/26/2012 7:19:28 PM
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| Americans are determined that massacres such as happened in Newtown, Conn., never happen again. But how? Many advocate more effective treatment of mentally-ill people or armed protection in so-called gun-free zones. Many others demand stricter control of firearms. We aren´t alone in facing this problem. Great Britain and Australia, for example, suffered mass shootings in the 1980s and 1990s. Both countries had very stringent gun laws when they occurred. Nevertheless, both decided that even stricter control of guns was the answer. Their experiences can be instructive. In 1987,
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Reply 1 - Posted by:
chumley, 12/26/2012 8:41:48 PM (No. 9084970)
The NRA sent out a VHS video when Austrailia did their forced buyback. They showed tons and tons of nice guns being picked up by cranes and dropped into blast furnaces or otherwise destroyed.
I dont usually cry at movies, but that one was a tear jerker.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Bobn.T, 12/26/2012 10:00:15 PM (No. 9085059)
Taking guns away from law abiding, responsible citizens does nothing to remove guns from criminals.
The only thing accomplished is that citizens are left unarmed and still subject to criminals.
Trying to take guns away from Americans might happen.
Taking guns away from Americans will not happen.
Crime control and gov´t control are the solutions to criminals.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
Jubilationtcornpone, 12/27/2012 12:49:25 AM (No. 9085177)
Everyone points to Great Britain as the poster child for gun control. If English bobbies are also unarmed, why are no police chiefs advocating disarming most of our police forces, as well?
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Rather Read, 12/27/2012 4:53:03 AM (No. 9085250)
There´s an old slogan - When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns.
It´s true.
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