[lit-ideas] Re: Nigerian gun control as an example for us
- From: "Lawrence Helm" <lawrencehelm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 15:23:25 -0700
You pin a lot on
Nigeria: Logical Fallacy of Hasty Generalization?)
Not at all. Mike said that if you created draconian gun laws peace would
inevitably follow. Nigeria created draconian gun laws and peace did not
follow.
Lawrence
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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.
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>
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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
>
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