Myths About Gun Control - Texas A&M Study

National Center for Policy Analysis

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 used in about 12 percent of violent crimes, it is unlikely that any kind of gun control legislation could remove more than a handful of those firearms from felons’ hands - and there is no evidence that the disarmed criminals using them would not then turn to other weapons. Most criminals do not obtain firearms through conventional sources. Thus, as opponents of gun control correctly contend, gun control measures in the United States, if anything, contribute to increased criminal violence because they deny guns to honest citizens but not to criminals. They might accurately be called victim disarmament laws.

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