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From: wjr@utcs.UUCP (William Rucklidge)
Newsgroups: net.politics,net.flame,net.legal
Subject: Re: Personal Defense
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Date: Thu, 18-Apr-85 02:30:48 EST
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Posted: Thu Apr 18 02:30:48 1985
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Summary: 

In article <767@ccice5.UUCP> rdz@ccice5.UUCP (Robert D. Zarcone) writes:
> > Martin,
> > 3 people have been murdered within 2 blocks of my home since January.
> > Guess again.
> > 
> > Laura Creighton
> > utzoo!laura
> 
> Laura, Martin is right!  You have had 3 murders in your city of 2,000,000
> in three months.  We had 5 in the first ten DAYS of this year in our city
> of <300,000.  And we have one, on average, EVERY WEEK.  You Canadians don't
> know how lucky you are [:-/-)].
> 


Toronto averages about one murder a week. However, this is still about
1/6th as many per capita as in your city... there are areas of Toronto which
I am not keen on walking through late at night, but in general I feel quite
safe here (and I live very close to downtown...).

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