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Old 12-20-2012, 07:25 PM
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Originally Posted by Sieg View Post
And the rest of Europe?
His point is that you need to account for cultural differences. Just because Mexico is right next door doesn't mean anything if you objectively look at cultures over a long horizon.

You can't cherry pick mexico as an example of gun bans failing for the same reason you can't cherry pick Japan to show the opposite. It's just basic logic.

Given our culture a gun ban isn't feasible nor likely to be effective, and some cities have demonstrated this.

That doesn't mean you can't do some gun related legislation that might make a difference, some of which we've talked about.
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