Re: Gun Control - Should Ordinary Citizens Own, Carry, & Use Firearms?
Reply #1499 –
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Myth: Private guns are used
to commit violent crimes
Source: GUN FACTS Fact: 90% of all violent crimes in the U.S. do not involve firearms of any type. (19)
Fact: Even in crimes where the offender possessed a gun during the commission of the crime, 83% did not use or threaten to use the gun. (20)
Fact: [glow=black,2,300]Fewer than 1% of firearms will ever be used in the commission of a crime.[/glow] (21)
Fact: Two-thirds of the people who die each year from gunfire are criminals being shot by other criminals. (22)
Fact: Cincinnati’s review of their gang problem revealed that 74% of homicides were committed by less than 1% of the population. (23)
Fact: 92% of gang murders are committed with guns. (24) Gangs are responsible for between 48% and 90% of all violent crimes. (25)
Fact: Most gun crimes are gang related, and as such are big-city issues. In fact, if mayors in larger cities were more diligent about controlling gang warfare, state and nationwide gun violence rates would fall dramatically.
It has nothing to do with the gun itself......a gun it an inanimate object, incapable of acting on it's own, but violent crime involving a gun, has everything to do with the one pulling the trigger.....
Enforcing harsher penalties on those that use firearms in the commission of a crime is more effective than completely banning guns.
Also, enforcing laws already on the books, including those harsher penalties, is the only true "Common Sense" gun control mechanism.
Even if the Second Amendment to the United States Constitution were removed/revoked, & Americans were not legally able to own a firearm at all, the statistics wouldn't change much, except there would be a marked increase in crime all across the board because criminals would have nothing to fear when they go about committing their violent crimes.
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