Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/09/03

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Subject: Re: [Leica] re: gun balderdash & photos
From: Johnny Deadman <lists@johnbrownlow.com>
Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 13:36:04 -0400

On Wednesday, September 3, 2003, at 01:07 PM, Don R. wrote:

> If there were no guns and people who knew how to use them, these tea 
> sippers
> would be speaking Nazi, or Russian.

Ah, yes, well I remember how the armed citizenry of the United States 
forced back the invading hordes. Oh, hang on, that was the army. I 
don't think anyone is suggesting banning the Army from having guns, 
fella.

> Had there been four pistols with one
> each in the hands of the pilots, 9/11 would not have happened.

No. of people who died in 9/11 attack on WTC:  3,023
Gun-related deaths in US, 1999:		  		  28,874

Gun-related deaths per 100,000 people, 1994:

United States 	   14.24
Northern Ireland 	6.63
Canada 				4.31
England and Wales 	0.41
Japan 				0.05


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