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Originally Posted by bhunter
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.
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You being a computer guy, you would have to admit that computer logic would reject that statement. If no guns were available, there would no accidental gun deaths.
Ipso facto, gun deaths are related to the availability of guns.
Actually, I understand your point that there is an element of negligent ownership in most every accidental gun death. And I know that it is absurd to suggest that there be no guns available. By computer logic, a stopped watch is more accurate than a slow watch, because the stopped watch is correct twice a day. Any you can tell me that I know squat about computer logic, and I couldn't rebut it. It was just a fun little foray into sophistry.
Sophistry aside, it appears that the
AMA found statistical evidence to support the effectiveness of the Virginia's one gun per month limit. I suppose that there will be an opportunity for some comparative statistics, since the law was just repealed.
Regards,
D-Ray