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Do you believe gun control is an effective way of preventing crime and homicide?
Personally I do not believe that the availability of guns increases crime and homicide rates.
The popular belief is that if there are less guns or stricter laws for their sales then people will have less ways to kill each other, or (and the rather more ridiculous idea) that no having a gun means that they will not want to kill each other.
Well there have been many studies into gun related deaths and crime. Most show that areas with stricter gun control laws do not have less crime, or fewer homicides. Quite a number show that these areas actually have higher crime rates.
The common logic misstep that "less guns equals less crime" overlooks the social and economic factors that are the driving forces behind crime and murder. If one looks at the homicide rates of all reporting nations, then a trend appears where nations with the most economic and social instability have the highest rates. Not those with the most lax gun control laws.
In an interesting twist the majority of intensive studies show that communities with a high rate of law abiding citizens that own guns actually have much less crimes than communities that differ only in that they have stricter gun control laws.
The popular belief is that if there are less guns or stricter laws for their sales then people will have less ways to kill each other, or (and the rather more ridiculous idea) that no having a gun means that they will not want to kill each other.
Well there have been many studies into gun related deaths and crime. Most show that areas with stricter gun control laws do not have less crime, or fewer homicides. Quite a number show that these areas actually have higher crime rates.
The common logic misstep that "less guns equals less crime" overlooks the social and economic factors that are the driving forces behind crime and murder. If one looks at the homicide rates of all reporting nations, then a trend appears where nations with the most economic and social instability have the highest rates. Not those with the most lax gun control laws.
In an interesting twist the majority of intensive studies show that communities with a high rate of law abiding citizens that own guns actually have much less crimes than communities that differ only in that they have stricter gun control laws.
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Permalink Reply by Luke on -
I do not believe gun control is the answer. if a criminal wants to kills someone, hes gona kill someone, gun or no gun. And if we do have gun control ( Lord help us) then the criminals are just going to steal them and consume them illegally. so even if you do, they will still have guns.
If your in your house watching TV on a nice night and you hear, lets say, someone breaking into your home, what are you supposed to do next? call the cops and wait 15 minutes for them to come? what if he has a gun that he stole from the military or the cops or something? Should you use a knife? (battling with a knife while someone has a gun, there is a 2% chance your going to win that battle, unless the criminal is a complete idiot.
So personally, i believe gun control is not going to work. Its a great idea but its not going to work.
If they don't have a gun, they're just going to use something else.
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