re gun control was re we re mad as hell at the tv news steve kao k hprnd rose hp com wrote frank crary posted sure but the difference in per capita crime rates predates the gun control laws the homicide rate in england was a tenth that of america back when anyone in england could buy a gun without any paperwork at all steve manes asks got a citation for this colin greenwood from scotland yard did a study that showed that gun control has had no effect on crime or murder rates in the uk his book firearms controls has been published in london by keegan paul name may be misspelled others dispute that like richard hofstadter america as a gun culture and newton and zimring s firearms and violence in american life but again statistics between too dissimilar cultures are difficult to quantify i don t know how anyone can state that gun control could have no effect on homicide rates there were over accidental handgun homicides in america in most with licensed weapons more american children accidentally shot other children last year than all the handgun homicides in great britain source national safety council please no dictionary arguments about rates vs total numbers okay they re offered for emphasis not comparison if mr greenwood believes that brits are much too sober and coordinated to make such mistakes i d like to introduce him to my friend amanda from brighton i used to have some pretty nice crystal in my place until she moved in i ve gotten used to the snide comments from guests about the clown motif on my rubber wine glasses stephen manes manes magpie linknet com manes and associates new york ny usa o o
