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Gun Control & RKBA

bongbong

(5,436 posts)

2. Oh boy!

Reply to gejohnston (Reply #1)

Mon Aug 20, 2012, 05:31 PM

Aug 2012

> There is no historical evidence that changes in gun laws will affect either suicide rates or murder rates.

That's true as long as you ignore every country on earth except the USA, and most of the historical record of the USA as well.

So, other than those things, you're right.

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