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Old 03-07-2012, 03:30 PM
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Originally Posted by bhunter View Post
Our tight gun laws here in California have not seemed to reduced gun crimes. Deaths caused by accidents do happen, but that is the fault of the gun owner and not the availability of guns IMHO. It is interesting that a lot of areas with tight gun control also have a high gun crime rate. Dramatic gun incidents get a tremendous amount of news coverage relative to the threat or use of firearms curtailing crime.
Because unless all states institute sensible laws the weapons just cross state lines. New York is very upset with Virginia because so many guns used in the commission of crime originated in Virginia.
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