The Politics Of Gene Wolfe

brunians at brunians.org · 18 Mar 2009, 12:21 · from 2009-March.txt.gz

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From: brunians at brunians.org (brunians at brunians.org)
Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2009 08:21:52 -0400 (EDT)
Subject: (urth) The Politics Of Gene Wolfe
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> Tim Walters wrote:
>> brunians at brunians.org wrote:

>>> None of them are: it has been illegal for a civilian to own a firearm
>>> in SF for some time now.

>> And yet, we have a (slightly) lower murder rate than Tucson:

>> http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=San+Francisco&state=CA
>> http://www.cityrating.com/citycrime.asp?city=Tucson&state=AZ

>>  > People in Switzerland are very heavily armed

>> Less than half the per capita gun ownership of the U.S.

> However, 60% of Swiss men aged 18-34 keep rifles and other firearms
> belonging to the army at home as part of their conscripted and reserve
> military service.

Those 'other firearms' include fully automatic weapons and crew-served
artillery, Doubtful Tim.



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