Jag ska slänga in lite mer information om de amerikanska förhållandena då det är nödvändigt för diskussionens skull:
Först och främst en ganska massiv studie:
"WASHINGTON – While it is an article of faith among gun-control proponents that government restrictions on firearms reduces violence and crime, two new U.S. studies could find no evidence to support such a conclusion.
The National Academy of Sciences issued a 328-page report based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, a survey of 80 different gun-control laws and some of its own independent study.
In short, the panel could find no link between restrictions on gun ownership and lower rates of crime, firearms violence or even accidents with guns." http://www.wnd.com/?pageId=28253Den här är också intressant med sina påståenden:
"Gun Control: Myths and Realities
1. Thousands of children die annually in gun accidents
False
2. Gun shows are responsible for a large number of firearms falling into the hands of criminals.
False
3. The tragedy at Columbine High School a year ago illustrates the deficiencies of current gun control laws.
False
4. States that allow registered citizens to carry concealed weapons have lower crime rates than those that don't.
True. The 31 states that have "shall issue" laws allowing private citizens to carry concealed weapons have, on average, a 24 percent lower violent crime rate, a 19 percent lower murder rate and a 39 percent lower robbery rate than states that forbid concealed weapons. In fact, the nine states with the lowest violent crime rates are all right-to-carry states. Remarkably, guns are used for self-defense more than 2 million times a year, three to five times the estimated number of violent crimes committed with guns.
5. Waiting periods lower crime rates.
False
6. Lower murder rates in foreign countries prove that gun control works.
False. This is one of the favorite arguments of gun control proponents, and yet the facts show that there is simply no correlation between gun control laws and murder or suicide rates across a wide spectrum of nations and cultures. In Israel and Switzerland, for example, a license to possess guns is available on demand to every law-abiding adult, and guns are easily obtainable in both nations. Both countries also allow widespread carrying of concealed firearms, and yet, admits Dr. Arthur Kellerman, one of the foremost medical advocates of gun control, Switzerland and Israel "have rates of homicide that are low despite rates of home firearm ownership that are at least as high as those in the United States." A comparison of crime rates within Europe reveals no correlation between access to guns and crime. "
http://www.cato.org/pub_display.php?pub_id=4706Läs gärna igenom hela länken :)
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