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From: Christian Lheureux [mailto:[log in to unmask]] 
Sent: Thursday, November 07, 2002 6:39 AM
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Subject: Re: [HP3000-L] OT:Looking Back

>Logical conclusion : the more gun control you have, the less safe life you have.


As a fellow European I most certainly do not feel any more unsafe than when I was younger. In fact, with the collapse of the Warsaw Pact and more and more states queuing up to be part of the European Union, I reckon our little patch of the world is getting safer. I definitely do not want widespread gun-ownership whatsoever in my country (UK) and I certainly feel that the murder and serious injury statistics would be considerably worsened if there was gun ownership. Criminals use guns. Yes. They always have and that won't change. But, with an armed populace, having shoot-outs on the streets makes for a safer world? My fear is that with little or no gun control all those 'little' incidents that currently are resolved with arguments, rude gestures or (unfortunately) fists, would in some cases be resolved with guns. Bad enough the participants kill each other, but what about everyone around in their cars, on the street, in offices, etc?

Christians' initial posting on this topic is, frankly, bizarre, and I would suggest quite at odds with general opinion over here (certainly in the UK, no-one is clamouring for less gun control!). There is absolutely no way that I, as a UK citizen, would want easy public access to instruments designed to kill. That's what guns are after all.

Richard Ali
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