You might have heard of more guns less crime, the book written by John Lott who is an economist himself. He has been studying on the role of guns years.
His researches claimed that
Criminals are deterred by higher penalties.
Just as higher arrest and conviction rates deter crime, so does the risk that
someone committing a crime will confront someone able to defend him or herself.
There is a strong negative relationship between the number of law-abiding
citizens with permits and the crime rate—as more people obtain permits there is
a greater decline in violent crime rates. For each additional year that a
concealed handgun law is in effect the murder rate declines by 3 percent, rape
by 2 percent, and robberies by over 2 percent.
He also said there is no evidence that increasing the number of
concealed handguns increases accidental shootings. If the government let more people carrying guns, as a matter of fact. there will be less crime since people will think twice before they actcually commit a gun crime because of the fear of reprecussion. The more guns being carried means bigger possibility of being shot by guns. It sounds worse but John Lott suggests that the fear of getting shot will prevent criminals from shooting. When you realize anyone could carry a gun, you will hesitate to attack random people because of the reprecussion.
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LOBBY’S FAVORITE “ACADEMIC”: A LOTT OF LIES, retrieved
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Hello. These two NGOs are against guns. It seems that they are very famous around the world, so it may help to create your own NGO.
返信削除NRAIRA→
https://www.nraila.org/issues/internationalun-gun-control-issues/
IANSA→http://www.iansa.org/