From: EvMick@aol.com Date sent: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 19:59:44 EDT Subject: Re: Fear of Guns Vs. Fear of No Guns To: extropians@extropy.com Send reply to: extropians@extropy.com
> In a message dated 6/6/99 6:48:18 PM Central Daylight Time,
> QueeneMUSE@aol.com writes:
>
> >
> > But guns are clearly out of control and our country is insane. We need to
> do
> >
> > SOMETHING.
> >
>
> I'm not so sure i agree with that...i recall an earlier response on this list.
>
> Something to the effect that the media only reports the unusual ...if it's
> commonplace it isn't news so it's not reported..
>
Death, especially murder, is like jello to the media; they always
find room for it.
>
> Due to the newsmedia we perceive that 'guns are out of control"..and that the
> country is insane.
>
> I don't think that i buy that....and i perhaps see more of the US in a week
> than many of you do in a year....
>
> Evmick
> Madera Calif..
>
A study by National Economic Research Associates found that
one out of every five handguns purchased in this country is used in
the commission of a crime within four years of purchase.