Also, although Englands murder rate is only one-sixth of Americas, Englands murder rate is increasing, while the United States murder rate is decreasing. According to the Justice Departments National Crime Victimization Survey the crime rate declined in 2000 and is at its lowest since 1973. The murder rate in the United States has been decreasing since 1992 and murder rate in England has been increasing since 1981. In fact, even though England is gun free, gun crime has been steadily rising since the 1997 Dunblane pistol ban and it is now at its highest since 1993. It is evident that banning guns does not decrease crime because people bent on committing a crime or murder just use another method. The fact is that banning guns does not decrease crime; it just makes it harder for law abiding citizens, especially women, to defend themselves.
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I didn't even have to read the article to answer that question.
And I expressed surprise that they made a movie about "only" two killings, since here in Pittsburgh PA at that time we had two infamous murder cases, both hate crime cases, one where a black guy targeted and shot several whites, and another where a white guy targeted and killed five minorities. The British posters wrote that it all depended on your perspective.
The Brits are proud that their society hasn't seen the violence that ours has.
I have grown tired of these self-serving dorks who use a high profile crime involving the use of guns for political gain.
I wonder if the low-grade moron who wrote this pablum has taken an honest assessment on the issue (i.e., what has gun control done to curb crime in the UK?). I would say not, because of what the results may be.
If we wanted the limp-wristed Brits opinion on this matter, we'd give it to them
Despite a lack of firearms in civilian hands, as many as 150 million Europeans died violently in the 20th century; the comparable number for Americans was perhaps two million.
Why should we listen to Europeans, and especially to European governments, in the matter?
I've read all the letters and the pro-gun control and anti-gun control people are talking past each other. There are two issues here: philosophy and causation. The philosophy issue trumps the causation issue, but both argue in favor of less gun control.
The philosophy of the US government is that any authority it has is derived from the people and strictly limited by the Constitution. The government does not give guns to the people; the people give guns to the government. The US founders were paranoid about tyrannies (justly so!). The second amendment is there to allow the people to overthrow any attempted tyrannical coup. This is explicitly authorized by the Declaration of Independence. I know this is alien to everyone outside the US. But this is the way it is.
The issue of causation is: does crime go down with more gun control or with less gun control? I am very dubious of country to country comparisons because of the differences in demographics and cultures. Rather, I like to compare changes with a country and within the US states. States are free to vary their gun control laws as they wish. States with less gun control have lower crime rates than those with more. The locations with the most draconian gun control are Washington DC and New York City, which also have some of the highest gun crime rates. Notice Washington DC's gun control laws didn't help prevent the latest terrorist sniper.
Outside the US, the recent gun control laws introduced in the UK and in Australia have led to higher crime rates. For those who wish to introduce gun control, you must first show that it reduces crime.
I close with a question for the readers here: Do you feel safer with private citizens owning guns or with the government? And why?
His count is a little light.
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