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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Malnurtured Snay: [QB] Chris, Actually, thanks for bringing that up (now I can't be accused of hijacking the thread!) One of the anti-gun laws you're probably speaking of was that which limited a person to one gun purchase per person per month (not calendar month, but an actual 30-day period). In the year following the passage of the law in Maryland, gun homicides dropped by 14%. While Rob and Omega (and I'm sure you) can make a counter-claim that that doesn't prove anything, what's really interesting is the other bit. (First some backstory). Weapons puchased in Virginia were "responsible for the majority of trackable guns seized in crimes in New York City, Boston, and Washington, DC. Prompted by this research, Virginia's one-gun-a-month law went into effect in 1995." Now, guess which state then began providing the majority of black-weapon markets? Maryland. So Maryland passed a similar law in 1997, and guess what? So, while you may feel free to critique anti-gun legislation as much as you'd like, it's quite clear that "mass gun purchases quickly find their way onto the black market and into the hands of inner city kids where they are disproportionately involved in illegal activities." [URL=http://www.cjcj.org/jpi/washpost060798.html]Article[/URL]. [/QB][/QUOTE]
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