[umgud]

We’re told that more guns = more crime. So why hasn’t the crime rate gone up as fast as the gun sales?

[RC2]

People need to, seriously, ask themselves....”What is the government afraid of when it comes to our people owning guns?”

[Dilbert San Diego]

I’ve heard ads for a gun store running an “Obama special”.

Of course the MSM will tend to think of people stocking up as being the lunatic fringe of society, but it does seem like a reaction to Obama.

[LeoOshkosh]

“We’re told that more guns = more crime. So why hasn’t the crime rate gone up as fast as the gun sales?”

because no one can find ammo or ammo is just too damned expensive for criminals..../tongue in cheek

[CottonBall]

We’re told that more guns = more crime. So why hasn’t the crime rate gone up as fast as the gun sales?

I know you're being sarcastic, but I'll answer anyway. ;)

After Austrailia's gun control laws passed in 1997, the crime rate shot up: homicides were up by 3.2% in the first year, assaults by 8.6%, armed robberies by 44%!

Conversely, Switzerland keeps only a small standing army, and relies much more heavily on its militia system for national defense. This means that most able-bodied civilian men of military age keep weapons at home in case of a national emergency (actually, anyone over the age os 20 is required to). It has the 2nd highest rate of handgun ownership in the world, after the US. Shooting is a common sport there. Switzerland, which is awash in guns and has substantially lower murder and robbery rates than England, where most guns are banned.