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Re:Bruce Schneier: Drawing the wrong lessons from horrific e... by yread on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @07:17AM (#4322234)
>How many people are killed per year with a rifle?

>How many people are killed per year with a handgun?

I don't think these are interesting questions in this context at all. Can a crazy shooter (ok, not you ;) kill more effectively with an assault rifle? Absolutely. That is the only important question, I think.

And if you want to ask these particular questions, it would be also interesting to know how many assault rifles are out there? How many handguns and knives? Perhaps there are fewer people killed by rifles because there are much less rifles?

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Re:Bruce Schneier: Drawing the wrong lessons from horrific e... by robomartin on Wednesday August 01, 2012 @07:45AM (#4322325)
Look if the question of the day was "What should be ban?". Based on the data I'd have to say: handguns. They are being used in homicides four to six times more than anything else. This, regardless of how effective or not a specific weapon might be or how many there might exist across the US. Those are the facts.
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