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Originally Posted by Ibram
Yeah, uh... that would all be really interesting, maggie, if I was in Korea.
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Mea culpa. Googling too late at night. And too much news from that benighted peninsula of late. I don't want to make a Korea of it. :-)
So...checking on *Taiwanese* gun laws, apparently you folks are not anywhere near as well-off as the South Koreans.
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Originally Posted by Time Magazine
Taiwan has some of the toughest gun-control laws in the world. Private ownership of firearms is largely outlawed; people convicted of illegally making, transporting or selling guns can face the death penalty.
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http://www.time.com/time/magazine/ar...674823,00.html
And yet your per-capita homicide rate is apparently higher than the US, and homemade guns are considered a significant problem.
Not seeing anything about a "crossbow violence" problem, though... :-)