Gun Control - It Does Not Work We need two things from those advocating gun control. First, their proposal to amend the United States Constitution rather than their proposals to interpret it with a more modern, enlightened understanding. Second, we need some actual data backing up their assertions that gun control actually reduces crime. Below is the abstract from D B Kopels 1992 book, Samurai, the Mountie, and the Cowboy: Should America Adopt the Gun Controls of Other Democracies? Though a bit dated, he concludes what so many others have concluded when they actually looked at gun control. The author explores the gun-control laws and policies of Japan, Great Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, and Switzerland. The gun-control and violent-crime patterns in these countries are explored in their historical, criminological, and cultural contexts. The author concludes that, contrary to the claims of the American gun-control movement, gun control does not account for the low crime rates in the nations examined. Despite strict and sometimes draconian gun controls in other nations, guns remain readily available on the criminal black market. Gun control has not reduced crime; in fact, it has encouraged burglary. Gun registration has proven itself valueless in solving or preventing crime. The author further argues that social control is far more important than gun control. A realistic American gun policy must accept the permanence of guns in American life. The encouragement of nature, responsible gun use is the policy best suited to the United States. Enough said.
Posted on: Mon, 03 Feb 2014 17:24:51 +0000
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