There are studies that say that the more guns, the less crime
It is the "I don't know if I'm going to get killed if I burgle this house" thought process.
My understanding is that after the UK tightened its gun laws, "hot" burglaries increased significantly. Presumably, because people weren't afraid of the homeowner cappin' dey ass.
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BrokenCoccyx doesn't mind if you grope on, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 16:21,
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nobody has ever been afraid of a home-owner cappin' dey ass,
we've never had a culture of gun ownership. Hardly anyone owns a gun. Even the police don't normally carry them. Crime rates have consistently gone down for decades.
From what I can tell from dodgy internet statistics, the rate of civilian gun ownership seems to be rather an irrelevant factor in the amount of crime and deaths by shooting.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 16:26,
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"studies that say that the more guns, the less crime"
Do you have a link to those studies?
My personal belief is that gun law makes very little difference - there are so many other ways to kill people.
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monkeon schmonkeon, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 16:34,
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if you want to kill people, you can.
you could get hold of a cheap SUV and drive it into a school playing field while the kids are out to play, or mount the pavement of a busy shopping street. A car is potentially a very dangerous weapon if you just want to kill a bunch of people.
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Moon Girl Technologies horrendous beanbag, Fri 20 Jul 2012, 16:37,
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