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Subject: Handguns
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Date: Fri, 23-Sep-83 09:49:16 EDT
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Posted: Fri Sep 23 09:49:16 1983
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One must exercise caution in extrapolating from one country to another.
For example, it is frequently pointed out that the rate of handgun
murders is lower in Great Britain than in the United States, and the
implication made that the difference is due to the difference in gun
control laws or the difference in police weaponry. What is less often
pointed out is that the rate of knife murders is also much lower in
Great Britain than in the United States; knives are legal in both countries,
and the police don't carry them in either.

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Paul Dolber @ Duke U Med Ctr (...!duke!phs!paul)