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Old 03-13-2009, 03:19 PM   #9 (permalink)
darkun
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Schola: The gun buyback scheme was known to be flawed before the previous government introduced the policy for the simple reason that criminals would not (and have not) hand in their guns.

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The percentage of homicides committed with a firearm continued a declining trend which began in 1969. In 2003, fewer than 16% of homicides involved firearms.
Homicide statistics

That's out of a total of 260 homicides - in 20million people! My point remains,

Guns will only ever lead to more death.
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