Subj : Re: Gun Control reasons
To   : Angus McLeod
From : Tracker1
Date : Sun Sep 04 2005 12:11 am

Angus McLeod wrote:
>> People still kill in Texas.
> 
> 1)  Not people who, previously convicted for murder, have already been 
>     executed.
> 
> 2)  It (death penalty) is supposed to function as a *deterrence* to other 
>     would-be murderers.  There may indeed still be murders in Texas, but 
>     how many *more* murders would there be if there were no death penalty?

Hmm.. england has no guns, and afaik, no death penalty, and murder, robberies, 
and various violent crimes still happen there.. the irony people *for* gun 
control usually use the phrase "... In a civilized society ..." the fact is, 
if we were *REALLY* civilized there would be no violent crimes, and the talk 
about gun control would be moot.

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