(urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
brunians at brunians.org
brunians at brunians.org
Wed Mar 18 05:21:52 PDT 2009
> Tim Walters wrote:
>> brunians at brunians.org wrote:
>>> None of them are: it has been illegal for a civilian to own a firearm
>>> in SF for some time now.
>> And yet, we have a (slightly) lower murder rate than Tucson:
>> http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=San+Francisco&state=CA
>> http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Tucson&state=AZ
>> > People in Switzerland are very heavily armed
>> Less than half the per capita gun ownership of the U.S.
> However, 60% of Swiss men aged 18-34 keep rifles and other firearms
> belonging to the army at home as part of their conscripted and reserve
> military service.
Those 'other firearms' include fully automatic weapons and crew-served
artillery, Doubtful Tim.
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