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China's known for being secretive, yes? They're also known for being a bit strict with publication of crime stats, so it's rather difficult to know with certainty an accurate gun homicide rate - but I'll take your word for it.
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its a fair point. Hid the number of SARS victims by driving them around in vans when WHO members came to check the hospitals. but from a subjective point, I feel safer riding the MTR (subway) at one in the morning here in Hong Kong then in New York.
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Your scenario deals with "justifiable homicides" where death occurred. And that's where it ends. It doesn't address the postive cost analysis of crimes that were deterred via self-defensive use of a gun with no death occurring.
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Neither does it deal with gun crimes that did not end in homicide. It isn't complete but it was the least bias information I could find. They made all the possible errors up front rather then forcing me to wait to find out.
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You advocate banning guns. Why do you not advocate a ban on cars? They both have the potential: to be used in a healthy manner; to be misused with harmful effect; to harm others.
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I do think that teens should have to wait until they are around 18 or 21 until they can drive. Wait until they don't feel so invincible. Then anybody who drinks and drives after that...well you have to look out for the gene pool (please don't flame, I know it's a bad joke). Except they damage others when their drunk, so that's why I'm all for the new cars that check the driver's BA level.
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I never said that, actually, though it might've been implied with my bolded quote from a separate source. I'll concede this error - feel free to deduct a point.
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Winter wind: 1
Everyone else: 37
yay.