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in article , Scott Weiser at
wrote on 2/28/05 8:03 PM:

A Usenet persona calling itself KMAN wrote:

in article , Tinkerntom
at wrote on 2/28/05 12:39 AM:

KMAN wrote:
in article , Scott Weiser at
wrote on 2/27/05 5:15 PM:

A Usenet persona calling itself BCITORGB wrote:

KMAN says:
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There's no way that even a gun nut really believes that a
community
without
guns is going to have more gun deaths than a community with guns.
Right?
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I think you're being overly optimistic.

Indeed. The problem with this utopian ideal is that it is
functionally
impossible, anywhere in the world, to have a community without
guns.

That being the case, the argument is fallacious at its core.

There are lots of communities in the world where no one has a gun.
And
amazingly, no one gets shot there!

Could you give me a short list so that I can understand what type of
communities you are speaking of? Thanks, TnT

Howsabout the Amish?

Can you certify that there are no guns in Amish communities? Can you prevent
me from taking a gun into an Amish community?

No, but as I understand the Amish would rather throw themselves in front of
your bullets until you run out of ammo than become a gun culture themselves.
And frankly I don't think a lot of Amish are getting shot - by internal
shooters or external shooters.