>In message <Pine.NEB.4.10.9904260017510.2852-100000 at panix7.panix.com>,
>Michael Pollak <mpollak at panix.com> writes
>
>> As for numbers,
>>in 1996, 9,390 people were murdered by handguns in the US. (The total
>>figures, including suicides and accidents are 4 times as high). During
>>the same period, 30 people were murdered with handguns in Britain.
>
>Are you sure these figures are right?
Sourcebook of Criminal Justice Statistics, 1998, table 3.128
MURDERS & NONNEGLIGENT MANSLAUGHTERS KNOWN TO POLICE, 1996
total 15,848 firearm 10,744 knife 2,142 blunt object 733 hands, feet, etc. 939 poison 8 explosives 14 fire 151 narcotics 32 strangulation 243 asphyxiation 92 other 750
As for "kids killing kids," 1,496 of the victims were under age 17.
Doug