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"uncle arnie" wrote in message ... On Sat, 08 May 2004 11:11 pm -0600 UTC, coustanis posted: %MM "gil" wrote in message k.net... I just love the anything/everything goes attitude! We should not have a drivers license either as long as we dont get into accidents...right? No licenses for guns or rifles, no licenses for flying a plane...heck...License schicense Grow up! You should grow up and realise that: 1) There is a big difference between operating a motor vehicle and talking on the radio. 2) There is no license required for gun ownership in the US. 8 times the per capita murder rate than Canada: most are with guns. 20 times the murder rate of European countries. That's true (although Europe is catching up) however, that wasn't the topic of conversation. |
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8 times the per capita murder rate than Canada: most are with guns. 20
times the murder rate of European countri that isn't correct from a lot of the stuff I read. those figures are counted from the U.S. having more people killed by that than Canada or Europe. But what those statistics left out is percentage wise, the U.S. has less murders than Canada or Europe. Canada has a smaller population than the U.S. If both counteies murder rates were completely equal with 20 percent of Canada's people murdering and 20 percent of the U.S. people murdering, those statistics purposely make it sound like the U.S. has a higher percentage of people murdering by purposely leaving out any mention of the percentages and simply saying that a higher number of people in the U.S. commit murders than the number of people in Canada that commits murders. The facts in the U.S. show that the cities where guns are allowed have almost no crime at all, and the cities that prohibit guns or severely restrict guns have the most crime of all. And these weren't just some organizations claims, but government statistics show it is so, also. |
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That's true (although Europe is catching up) however, that wasn't the topic
of conversatio of course Europe is catching up by having more murderers. They outlawed guns. In the U.S., government statistics already show that the cities and states where guns by the citizens are the most prohibited happen to have the highest crime rates in the U.S. and the cities where guns by the citizens are the most allowed happen to have the lowest crime rates in the U.S. You know you just might be a redneck if you think that "gun control" means using both hands. |
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"Mediaguy500" wrote in message ... 8 times the per capita murder rate than Canada: most are with guns. 20 times the murder rate of European countri that isn't correct from a lot of the stuff I read. those figures are counted from the U.S. having more people killed by that than Canada or Europe. But what those statistics left out is percentage wise, the U.S. has less murders than Canada or Europe. Canada has a smaller population than the U.S. If both counteies murder rates were completely equal with 20 percent of Canada's people murdering and 20 percent of the U.S. people murdering, those statistics purposely make it sound like the U.S. has a higher percentage of people murdering by purposely leaving out any mention of the percentages and simply saying that a higher number of people in the U.S. commit murders than the number of people in Canada that commits murders. The facts in the U.S. show that the cities where guns are allowed have almost no crime at all, and the cities that prohibit guns or severely restrict guns have the most crime of all. And these weren't just some organizations claims, but government statistics show it is so, also. "Per Capita" means per person or group of people. It applies the same mathematically whether the group is 1 or 1,000,000. It is a ratio of murders to the given population. In other words, if there is one murder per 10,000 people in one country, and one murder per 100,000 people in another country, then the second country's per capita murder rate is 10x higher. |
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"DeWayne" wrote in message ...
"Lloyd Davies - The Time Lord " wrote in message After about 18 years of listening and talking on the ham bands I don't think knowing CW has ANYTHING to do with the quality of any operator. Well, of course. Why would it? The CW test is used to test CW skill. Nothing more, nothing less. :/ MK |
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Mark Keith wrote:
After about 18 years of listening and talking on the ham bands I don't think knowing CW has ANYTHING to do with the quality of any operator. Well, of course. Why would it? The CW test is used to test CW skill. Nothing more, nothing less. :/ MK I would think it keeps the riff raff out. You have to be a bit more dedicated to get that ticket. mike |
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