Hmm. Ok, I was just curious. As for the rape/murder thing, here's a clip from justthefacts.com, which is giving American gun control stats regarding "right to carry".
* Between 1977 and 1992, 10 states adopted right-to-carry laws. Dr. Lott's study found that the implementation of these laws created:
-- no change in suicide rates,
-- a .5% rise in accidental firearm deaths,
-- a 5% decline in rapes,
-- a 7% decline in aggravated assaults,
-- and an 8% decline in murder
for the 10 states that adopted these laws between 1977 and 1992. (7)
* Using 1995 numbers, this amounts to:
-- 1 more accidental gun death,
-- 316 less murders,
-- 939 less rapes,
-- and 14,702 less aggravated assaults
in these 10 states annually. (16)
It's interesting that there is a difference in Britain with respect to that though. Do you have any British stats Eon? I'm interested in taking a look for comparison purposes!