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::: Other causes are obvious:  drug use, broken homes, violent culture, gambling, pornography, high criminal population, etc.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 21:44, 9 January 2008 (EST)
 
::: Other causes are obvious:  drug use, broken homes, violent culture, gambling, pornography, high criminal population, etc.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 21:44, 9 January 2008 (EST)
 
:::: Yes, but at least some of those other factors also appear to apply in other countries with much lower rates of gun homicide.  For example, does America really have a much higher drug use than other countries with lower gun homicide rates?  [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:56, 9 January 2008 (EST)
 
:::: Yes, but at least some of those other factors also appear to apply in other countries with much lower rates of gun homicide.  For example, does America really have a much higher drug use than other countries with lower gun homicide rates?  [[User:Philip J. Rayment|Philip J. Rayment]] 21:56, 9 January 2008 (EST)
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::::: The [[United States]] does have the highest rate of cocaine use, and by far the highest incarceration rate.  The rate of fatherless families is probably far higher in the U.S. also. 
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::::: There's no getting around the fact that giving a gun to a stranger in any country is perhaps 99 times more likely to deter and prevent crime than to cause it.  Less than 1% of people are willing to engage in violent criminal activity.--[[User:Aschlafly|Aschlafly]] 22:29, 9 January 2008 (EST)
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