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[ranxer]

it is irrelevant.. i'm not really argueing the stats but i will argue the idea that brings us to a situation where those stats can be presented/measured as such.

it is only in a society like america where the above stats make sense..

i'm a firm believer in the gun/violence perspective portrayed by 'bowling for columbine' if we compare the stats to canada they wont make sense. i will submit that the differences between the two are not included in the post you pasted.

many of my beliefs are based on experiences that cannot be found as links on the web.. sure gun ownership can lead to less crime but the foundations of that idea are based on a society that has no respect for life.. i'd like to help move society toward a respect for life .. not a fear of death.. so i'll be foreever argueing against this idea that 'armed is safer' on that principal.