VH> MS>LK> the Defense Department budget for 1996, the pentagon will 
VH> legally
VH> MS>LK> authorize
VH> MS>LK> the giveaway of over 176,000 never issued World War II and 
VH> Korea
VH> MS>LK> carbines,
VH> 
VH> MS>    What a "catastrophe"?
VH> 
VH> MS>    DCM has done this for decades, and very few homicides are done 
VH> with
VH> MS>rifles of _any_ kind.  (Maybe the editor could look up the FBI 
VH> Uniform
VH> MS>Crime Report stats on what percentage of homicides involve 
VH> rifles.)
VH> 
VH> You can find the UCR in any decent library.  As long as the 
VH> statistics
VH> have been kept, the homicide rate for long arms (shotguns and rifles,
VH> including "assault weapons") runs about 1/2 to 2/3 the rate of 
VH> homicides
VH> with "no weapon at all (hands and feet)" year in and year out.
    Just showing how willing today's "journalists" are to shoot of their 
mouths without researching first!
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