Another one for Lady D'Winter

Lady D',

This came into my E-mail this weekend about South Africa, and I thought I would pass it along.

How big is gun-related crime?

· 84,6 percent of robberies where aggravating circumstances are present, such as hijackings, are committed with firearms
· 73,5 percent of attempted murders are committed with firearms
· 44,6 percent of murders are committed with firearms.

According to the Gun Control Alliance more people die in gun-related incidents than in car accidents.

None of these statistics distinguish between legal and illegal guns.

Last month the Medical Research Council released the findings of the first national femicide study. It found that South Africa has the highest researched rate of femicide in the world and that 20 percent of the perpetrators of femicide had legal guns.

Oh, I do have four questions:

· What is an illegal gun?
· Is not the criminal doing an illegal act with a tool?
· Has anyone ever witnessed a gun performing an illegal act?
· Are you sure you really want some restrictions?

--WP