Posts on ‘January 5th, 2009’

A well researched study by Texas A&M in conjunction with the National Center for Policy Analysis sheds some light on the gun control myth:

Gun control laws might be accurately called victim disarmament laws.
The study examines 15 popular gun control myths and the facts against each view. The conclusion sums it up nicely:
Although firearms are [...]

Fact: Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year, or 6,849 every day.1 Often the gun is never fired and no blood (including the criminal’s) is shed.
Fact: It seems to be slowing down property crime (especially burglaries). The chart shows the legal handgun supply in America (mainly in civilian hands) to the property crime [...]