Does gun control prevent gun violence?

Answer 1

You could certainly go with the masses of the uninitiated and assume that it does, the statistics are generally skewed to that side.

However, i reality, the more well armed the private citizens are, usually the better a deterrent for crime they serve as. That is: when a criminal feels that their crime may induce some violent and potentially deadly action from their victim, they are less likely to perform a crime.

In Florida for years, certain ethnic populations were seen as one of the most dangerous areas in the world (think "Cocaine Cowboys"), and in the late eighties and early nineties, as concealed weapon permits increased, crime decreased. As the petty criminals who associated with the drug specific criminals realized that they could easily be shot for trying to rob or rape someone, they tended to avoid overt criminal activity.

In Switzerland where nearly 90% of the population has some direct affiliation with firearms, the crime rate is incredibly low relative to other countries in the region.

Furthermore: in areas where absolute gun control exists, some of the highest crime rates also parallel them. This is not a new phenomena: crime rates have not decreased anywhere where ONLY gun control initiatives serve to dampen crime impact. In all cases, crime rate increase can be linked to law enforcement agency increases, NOT gun control initiatives.

Criminals do not buy real and legitimate guns from reputable dealers: they buy them from the street, or in the case of "fast and furious" the U.S. government. All joking aside: a large portion guns used in the commission of crimes were themselves stolen in previous crimes.

Second amendment rights are crucial to the progression of an independent and free state, and it is important that we as informed citizens don't spread falsehoods to promote an ideology that may not even be effective.

Ask any law enforcement agency aside from the DOJ and ATF and they will advocate and promote second amendment rights and tell their constituency that they should be armed and provide support in deterring crimes in the community *(disclaimer: I didn't say condone vigilante justice-I said support crime prevention).

It's important to ask questions and see what comes out of it, and unfortunately there is such a stigma attached to guns and gun violence that many people turn a blind eye, a deaf ear, or both on the realities of the situation.

I will say it bluntly: There is no sustained and reliable information that promotes gun control as a resolution to gun violence. A vast majority of gun violence is happening with illegally obtained and possessed firearms, not legitimate and legal versions.

((((( NO gun control has proven wrong and invades the american citezins rights, also has made things worse for the citizens because crime escalates when bans are put on guns. people have been killed because people had their gun taken from them and the criminal who had a gun killed them. now is that a loving goverment. the goverment wants your gun rights stripted from you because its easy money and scared of them because they are so scary for some reason when they dont understand that its not the gun its the person who is stupid enough to use it the wrong way.