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Originally Posted by GeeRam
I give up......  |
Its simple. A few million crimes are foiled by legal firearm owners in the US. The murder rates are basically the same with or without guns. High profile crimes that change laws are a drop in the bucket when considered next to overall numbered of murders. Local police have told me they wish everyone without a record was carrying. This would dramatically reduce crime. States with carry laws typically have less gun crime. Carry permit holders have the lowest measurable amount of gun crime of any group including police. Politicians put up gun ownership restriction laws to get reelected and play on ignorant fears. All this does is leave criminals armed. Most gun crimes are committed by repeat offender felons. Make gun crime laws tough not ownership. Police do not protect you. They clean up the mess after you and your family is dead then try to catch the perpetrator so they don't do it again.
In England the weapon of choice shifted to chef knives after the gun grab. So now they are talking about banning those. What's next, cricket bats, lead pipes?