Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site utcsstat.UUCP Path: utzoo!utcsrgv!utcsstat!ian From: ian@utcsstat.UUCP (Ian F. Darwin, Toronto, Canada ) Newsgroups: net.followup Subject: Re: Handguns: we're succumbing to mob ru - (nf) Message-ID: <1082@utcsstat.UUCP> Date: Sat, 17-Sep-83 22:57:36 EDT Article-I.D.: utcsstat.1082 Posted: Sat Sep 17 22:57:36 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 18-Sep-83 05:03:28 EDT References: <614@utastro.UUCP> Organization: U. of Toronto, Canada Lines: 13 "I fail to see how the Swiss law that requires citizens to posess rifles for the defense of the country is relevant to the question of handguns" -- Bill Jefferys, utastro!bill Well, it seems to me that the sub-question to which this refers is: "Does a gun in the hand prevent crimes in the bush?" or less prosaically, "Does arming the citizenry reduce the rate of violent crimes?" I believe that the answer is in the affirmative. Regardless of the "correct" answer to the question, it is clear that the introduction of the land of the Switzers into the discussion was not irrelevant.