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From: jimr@hcrvx2.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Newsgroups: soc.women,soc.singles
Subject: Re: My problems with rape (really gun control)
Message-ID: <2407@hcrvx2.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 9-Oct-86 11:07:19 EDT
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Posted: Thu Oct  9 11:07:19 1986
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References: <1904@mtgzy.UUCP> <8608050927.AA09486@cory.Berkeley.EDU> <1109@kontron.UUCP>
Reply-To: jimr@hcr.UUCP (Jim Robinson)
Organization: Human Computing Resources, Toronto
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Summary: 

In article <1109@kontron.UUCP> cramer@kontron.UUCP (Clayton Cramer) writes:
>There is considerable argument about the relative importance of the
>different factors -- the lack of controllable experimental subjects is
>the major reason.  I should point out, however, that there are many states
>in the U.S. that have dramatically lower murder rates than Canada, with
>much higher availability of firearms.  (South Dakota, for example, last
>time I looked up murder rates, had .6 murders/100,000 -- as opposed to
>Canada, 6.1/100,000.)

Once again apples and oranges are being compared. Comparing the murder
rate in South Dakota to that of Canada (which includes large cities
such as Toronto, Montreal, and the murder capital of the country, Vancouver)
makes little sense. A more reasonable comparison would involve S.D.
and either Manitoba or perhaps Saskatchewan (both of which are provinces
for those ignorant of North American geography).

J.B. Robinson