[Vision2020] Can Gun Control Reduce Crime? (was 11 year girl)

[g. crabtree]

Using Japan and suicide rates to bolster your argument rally doesn't work 
all that well.

According to the W.H.O. the suicide rate in America Per 100,00 people was 11 
in 2002.

In Japan the rate was 23.8

I suppose using your convoluted logic I should argue that guns are helping 
to reduce the suicide rate in the U.S.A.

g
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From: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
To: <heirdoug at aim.com>; <ophite at gmail.com>
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Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:55 AM
Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Can Gun Control Reduce Crime? (was 11 year girl)


> Extracted from:
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> "Table 1 - International Firearms Regulation, Access and Death (2001)" at
> http://www.guncontrol.ca/Content/international.html
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> Country: Japan
> Prohibits handguns with few exceptions
> Households with Firearms: 0.6%
> Gun Homicide (per 100,000): 0.03
> Gun Suicide (per 100,000): 0.04
> Total Intentional Gun Death (per 100,000): 0.07
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> Country: United States
> Households with Firearms: 41%
> Gun Homicide (per 100,000): 6.24
> Gun Suicide (per 100,000): 7.23
> Total Intentional Gun Death (per 100,000): 13.47
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> Seeya round town, Moscow.
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> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
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> PS to No-Clue - My father was an officer with the LAPD for 36 years.  Two
> things he seriously supports: use of seat belts and gun control.
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> From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com [mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> On Behalf Of heirdoug at aim.com
> Sent: Thursday, July 26, 2007 11:35 AM
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> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Can Gun Control Reduce Crime? (was 11 year girl)
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> Thank you Andreas for once again not reading the article before making
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> From: Andreas Schou <ophite at gmail.com>
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> To: heirdoug at netscape.net <heirdoug at netscape.net>
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> On 7/26/07, heirdoug at netscape.net <heirdoug at netscape.net> wrote:
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>> I found this to be similar to what I was taught 40 years ago as a
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