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	Name:	architect -
	Subject:	Another request for comments from gun owners
	Date:	4/21/2012 10:41:29 AM (updated 4/21/2012 10:43:37 AM)

Am I correct in my thinking that the NRA and gun proponents in general make the claim that the more people who have guns and the less restriction we have on gun ownership, the less gun crime there will be? If this is so, why isn't the US the safest advanced nation in the world? We have more guns per capita and fewer gun restrictions than any other advanced nation. I'm not sure about the current rates, but several years ago I saw a stat that every European Community nation had a murder rate with guns of less than 10% of the US. Now don't give me the BS it is because the criminals in the US all have guns and the honest people don't...far more of the honest people here have guns than pretty much anywhere. Just a curiosity by someone who has never owned nor desired to own a gun and who has lived in intown Atlanta for 40 years without ever being confronted by a criminal (with or without a gun).