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In a PhD thesis, the researcher found no evidence that more legal guns results in more homicide.
1 posted on 10/01/2025 4:24:41 AM PDT by marktwain
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To: marktwain

An armed society is a polite society.


2 posted on 10/01/2025 4:48:23 AM PDT by EvilCapitalist (Pets are no substitute for children)
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To: marktwain

Did the study distinguish criminal homicides from lawful defensive homicides?

One way to inflate the problem of “gun violence” is to include cases of lawful DGUs.


3 posted on 10/01/2025 4:57:01 AM PDT by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: marktwain

If I remember my history, Britain began to confiscate handguns in the 1920s claiming it was because of “crime”. In reality it was fear of Communism that they confiscated the guns.
By 1940, Britain had so few guns in private hands the Nazis could have invaded with no problems after Dunkirk. The British begged US citizens to “SEND A GUN TO DEFEND A BRITISH HOME!”

After the war, the government confiscated those gift guns and returned some to their original owners. The rest were dumped into the sea.


4 posted on 10/01/2025 6:10:55 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( REOPEN THE MENTAL HOSPITALS CLOSED IN THE 1970S!)
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To: marktwain

Well, there goes her PhD up in smoke.


5 posted on 10/01/2025 6:31:32 AM PDT by Paperpusher (Gal 5:15 But if ye bite and devour one another, take heed that ye be not consumed one of another.)
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To: marktwain

The ruling classes of western Europe are strongly against private gun ownership, but not really against crime at all.


7 posted on 10/01/2025 7:32:53 AM PDT by Salman (It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along.)
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