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From: credmond@watmath.UUCP (Chris Redmond)
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Subject: Re: My problems with rape (or why my views are so different from
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Date: Tue, 23-Sep-86 16:15:43 EDT
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In article <169@omssw1.UUCP> hays@omssw1.UUCP (Kirk Hays) writes:
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>Yes.  Here's a dogmatic idea:
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>	Societies that require individuals to be responsible for their
>	own defense have less violence and less crime than societies
>	(like ours) that strip the individual of these abilities.
>

This suggestion would be more plausible if the United States had
much lower rates of crime and violence than the other western countries,
all of which expect the authorities,  rather than the individual,
to be responsible for defence and control.  In fact, its rates are
by far higher than those in (to take the example where I happen to
live) Canada, where it would be virtually unthinkable for a homeowner
to have a handgun.