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Actually . . . there's statistical evidence to suggest that more lax firearms laws lead to reduced violent crime rates

In 2001, the USA suffered 29,573 deaths by gunshot from a total population of 285,317,572.

In 2001, the UK suffered 167 deaths by gunshot from a total population of 58,789,194.

In 2000, 75,685 people were treated for non-fatal gunshot injuries in the USA.

In 2000, 102 people were treated for non-fatal gonshot injuries in the UK (England and Wales).

You might *feel* you are safer due to your right to bear arms, but you aren't.

And your feeling about OSs is equally coloured by what you want to believe, rather than reality.

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