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Posted by benEzra in Guns
Tue Jun 23rd 2009, 04:46 PM
And I see that continuing the shell game, you slipped in the sum of all non-handgun weapons to try to inflate rifle crime, which is less than half of that number, and I'm sure there will be more scary anecdotes to follow to make that number seem bigger.

ZERO POINT SIX PERCENT of violent crime.

Less than SIX POINT FIVE PERCENT of all gun crimes.

THREE PERCENT of murders.

Like the head of the U.S. gun-control lobby said, back when rifle crime was HIGHER THAN IT IS NOW:

"(O)ur organization, Handgun Control, Inc. does not propose further controls on rifles and shotguns. Rifles and shotguns are not the problem; they are not concealable."

--Nelson T. "Pete" Shields, head of what is now the Brady Campaign 1978-1989, Guns Don't Die--People Do, Priam Press, 1981, pp. 47-48 (emphasis added).

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