Re: NSA,Windows, etc.

From: Andrew Swallow (am.swallow_at_eatspam.btinternet.com)
Date: 05/12/04 

Date: Wed, 12 May 2004 15:43:15 +0000 (UTC)

"Douglas A. Gwyn" <DAGwyn@null.net> wrote in message
news:NvadneHBxJzVzzzdRVn_iw@comcast.com...
> John E. Hadstate wrote:
> > I don't dispute your statistics. ...
>
> Such statistics should always be viewed with suspicion.
> One actually *relevant* statistic is the violent crime
> rate in the UK in the years before and after their
> recent near-total disarmament of the law-abiding
> population. (Hint: career criminals are not law
> abiding.)
>

The real disarmament was many years before that.

Keeping a loaded revolver under the pillow was
banned many years ago. A rife had to be kept
unloaded in a metal cabinet with an approved
6 lever lock. Burglars knew it would take at
least 5 minutes to draw that gun.

The big difference was the fall of the Iron Curtain.
Smugglers suddenly found that they had access to
lots of ex-military weapons.

It may be cool for black British youths to carry a
gun but if the police search you, are in big
trouble.

Andrew Swallow

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