In the wake of President Obama’s call for more gun control, more background checks, and threats that he is not done with trying to take guns away from law abiding citizens, it is clear that the public vociferously disagrees with him. That is easily seen by the large uptick in gun purchases, fueled by the fear of confiscation by the administration, and by the terrorist incidents that people have seen recently both in the U.S. and abroad.
In addition, there are numerous examples of ordinary citizens having guns in their homes for self protection that led to a more preferred outcome when the need arose. Home invasions have been thwarted by well-trained moms or even kids who were able to defend themselves when a call to the police would have been far to late to do anything but mark a crime scene. And that does not begin to count the thousands or tens of thousands of times that simply brandishing a weapon scared the perpetrator away.
It now seems that even police officers are beginning to get the idea that an armed citizenry can be very important in the battle against crime.
More guns, more safety, page 2:
Nathan, and after their very short crime rate that went up that had to measured in percent by the media because it was so small, went back down and dropped very quickly.
Those NRA posters only show a fraction of the information. As I said before, every year the gun crimes along with all violent crimes and murders have been dropping each year.
And the UK one is full BS, research from their actual website and published statistics
could you show me evidence to back up your statements?
also, “fraction of info?” can you show me the rest then?
Criminal database statistics that every state and most countries have is the evidence. Those propaganda posters you have are over used and proven to be bs.
live and let live man, I’ll leave ya alone.
as one who has studied those statistics from the doj, fbi, dhs, and bjs, for the most part, they are fairly accurate. more people die every year from drunk drivers yet we dont blame the car. we dont try to make them illegal or harder to own. or why dont we ban alcohol? plus if you look at the statistics in other countries that dont allow guns, their crime rates with knives, bats, and other weapons are just as high if nit higher. people are going to break the law no matter what. and 90 percent of gun owners are responsible and follow the laws so why do we need more
Chris Lynch by those standards almost all presidents would be impeached. I was looking for constitutional statutes.
Chris Lynch ,I was looking for information. Thanks
Just remember what can, and probably will happen