-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 03 May 2006 16:04, Rich Johnson was heard to say: > Violent crime rates in MA are lower than in neighboring NY.
Which ignores the other four states which border MA, all closer to the core of Mass crime, Boston, all of which have much more liberal firearms laws including Vermont which has no state laws restricting firearms ownership. Carry a machinegun concealed? Fine in Vermont. It also has one of, if not the lowest, crime rates in the entire country. New Hampshire, a stone's throw from Boston, has greater restrictions on firearms ownership, a higher crime rate, but still one of the lowest in the entire country. Since the crime rates are so substantially different from one side of an imaginary line to another, there is something more than just geography at work. It's not like population density drops instantly the moment one crosses the border. > Just curious. IYO, what state has the "most rational" private > firearms ownership policies? Vermont comes close, but one still has to deal with all the bogus Federal requirements. Which means that, if "availability" had any effect on crime rates, would mean it would have the highest crime rate. But no, it's the lowest. I know it's easy to equate availability with misuse, but if you would bother to read the statistical analysis that have been posted to this thread over and over, you would understand your error. Curt- - -- September 11th, 2001 The proudest day for gun control and central planning advocates in American history -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.3 (GNU/Linux) iQEVAwUBRFkqNS9Y35yItIgBAQKpqwf/SG6EOKzq0rO3+uKp5ixUAptcK42luMAw 6kTukNDNmRrIyRx0epWZKLkDy/MELTL4G6UTEnE4aTYF0uxMu0qNTqW0GU1rzSGP BamqAxV7Uh2fUi9EVGawKcB5A7Vsl+uBOmps8RUfHXhaX8W4VYrWHXyiGTAhGuIJ rywpurLjGqgtfdQmUhX9NLKSDHt3Up9XVvb8JkrdPTR8pVvkPoSiatdkG+2jSzFp nlRWeQKiuV7dwnmXvBaybStmZcyOtl1TVm4ycUp9f75MetDt6ski0g7OMnx04JVi bSH7vjNna6RCze4X8VvJDdnjbHwifQqMiT+WSn7drbj69lKWGem4dw== =cfuD -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
