Re: FBI: More Guns == Less Crime

["David Harley" <david.a.harley () gmail com>]

Ingenious. Northern Ireland is therefore an example of gun control failing
-and- of relaxed gun controls succeeding. 

--
David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP
Director of Malware Intelligence, ESET

 

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Tomas L. Byrnes [mailto:tomb () byrneit net] 
> Sent: 27 December 2009 17:33
> To: david.a.harley () gmail com; funsec
> Subject: RE: [funsec] FBI: More Guns == Less Crime
>
> The argument was more guns less CRIME, not more guns less 
> crime with guns.
>
> The tradeoff is more crimes with guns for a lot less overall 
> crime. I think that is a lot preferable to what goes on in 
> the UK and Ireland.
>
> BTW: Aside from issues related to the troubles, which have 
> now mostly faded into insignificance, NI has always had lower 
> crime than the rest of the UK, or the Republic since 1972. 
> Kind of makes the point of the
> OP: More guns, less crime. Your post made my point.
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David Harley [mailto:david.a.harley () gmail com]
> Sent: Sunday, December 27, 2009 3:18 AM
> To: Tomas L. Byrnes; 'funsec'
> Subject: RE: [funsec] FBI: More Guns == Less Crime
>
> > Your problem is that you only focus on "Gun Crime". 
>
> Uh-huh. If you don't like the argument you're in, pretend 
> it's a different one. It wasn't me who defined the subject 
> for this thread.
>
> FWIW, I can certainly agree that firearms-unrelated violent 
> crime in the UK is a bigger problem than gun crime. I'm 
> surprised but happy to hear that it's less of a problem in the US.
>
> I'd suggest leaving aside Ireland, where the political issues 
> have introduced a whole raft of extra complications - isn't 
> self-defence still considered a valid reason to own a firearm 
> in Northern Ireland? At any rate, N.I. law seems a lot more 
> gun-friendly than the rest of the UK. 
>
> --
> David Harley BA CISSP FBCS CITP
> Director of Malware Intelligence, ESET
>
>  

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