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Slightly anti-gun article on gun control but reader comment at the end was very to the point.

http://www.boingboing.net/2007/05/04/ho ... ries_.html

"So yes, by focusing on lower firearm homicides and suicides gun control advocates show that gun control “works,� but only by totally ignoring the overall homicide and suicide rates, which are totally unaffected by gun control. It’s like triumphantly declaring that after banning red cars in Australia, red cars killed less people annually, while ignoring that total vehicular deaths didn’t go down.