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Originally posted by MagiK: quote: Originally posted by caleb:

How so? that doesnt make any sense...you could arm every police person with his own M1 main battle tank and it wouldnt stop criminals from committing crimes, the power of their weapon has little or nothing to do with how many crimes a person commits. The people are not committing crimes because they have guns. They are committing crimes because they have socio-pathic type tendancies, issues or concerns, the gun is only one method of arming yourself, they could as easily have pipe bombs, zip guns (home made weapons) knives, machette's swords, clubs, golf clubs, a car or any one of a billion other things that can be used to kill people.[/QUOTE]Magik I didnt mean that it would reduce crime rates. I was just concerned for the safety of law enforcement and civilians. Who is more likely to take someone down with them when the cops raid a house or the swat team tries to rescue hostages. A guy with a beretta or a guy with a semi automatic rifle?