Theos-Talk Archives (June 1997 Message tl00243)

>         Yes but this is just the US - a somewhat immature nation. I recently
> saw a bunch of UN statistics ... turns out that England - where as Alan
> points out very few guns circulate - has one of the lowest per capita murder
> rates in the civilized world, *far* below that of the US.

    where do you get your statistics?   England has a higher per capita
murder rate from weapons violence than does the U.S.
     the issue and the fact is that where the people are freer (i.e.,
have the right to bear arms) there is inevitably going to be less
crime...

P