> I did read it. It wasn't to the point of our discussion on gun-control. > Nigeria had and has very stringent gun control laws. The article doesn't > counter that. My argument was that gun control doesn't work. the article gives reasons why gun control doesn't work in Nigeria. (You pin a lot on Nigeria: Logical Fallacy of Hasty Generalization?) > Guns will always be available from some place. Make them illegal and you'll > have an illegal gun trade. Murders will always happen, but we have laws against them. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Saturday, April 28, 2007 7:32 PM Subject: [lit-ideas] Re: Nigerian gun control as an example for us > I did read it. It wasn't to the point of our discussion on gun-control. > Nigeria had and has very stringent gun control laws. The article doesn't > counter that. My argument was that gun control doesn't work. Make all the > laws you want and guns aren't going to go away. Some of my notes discussed > how easy it was to get or even make a gun. Mike thought his Draconian > $50,000 fine for gun possession would do the trick. I used Nigeria as an > ------------------------------------------------------------------ To change your Lit-Ideas settings (subscribe/unsub, vacation on/off, digest on/off), visit www.andreas.com/faq-lit-ideas.html