Re: Re: knife ban going to work?

["Brian Loe" <knobdy () gmail com>]

On 5/25/06, Jarrod Frates <jfrates.ml () gmail com> wrote:

> It was a small fraction *before* the gun ban.  Through much of the
> United States, the murder rate is much closer to (though still
> somewhat higher than) that of much of Western Europe.  Poorer
> neighborhoods, however, tend to have very high levels of crime,
> including murder, and since our "poor" areas can encompass tens or
> even hundreds of thousands of people, the aggregate numbers can change
> significantly.


Excellent point. Take out the murders related to the illegal
trafficking of drugs and our murder rate would probably drop to a
world-wide average.

I support the legalization of most drugs, btw, but its not on the
radar screen of either major party or any major politician.

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