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Cracking Down on Law-Abiding Gun Owners Won't Prevent Crimes

Passing more laws isn't the solution to gun violence

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Human beings only have two ways to deal with one another: reason and force. Force has no place as a valid method of social interaction, and the only thing that removes force from the menu is the personal firearm, as paradoxical as it may sound to some.

The U.S. city with the most restrictive gun laws in the nation, Washington, D.C., has the highest murder rate at 24 per 100,000. The state with the most unrestrictive gun regulations, Vermont, has the lowest murder rate at 0.48 per 100,000.

Bruce of CA 8:47PM July 29, 2012

you hit the nail right on the head, my good man, when are these people gonna wake up and realize where the real problem lies...i see the day that one of them gets confronted and how they will wish they had something to defend themselves with...until then they'll keep preaching at the pulpit their worthless agenda

Richard of CA 6:59PM July 29, 2012

More gun laws is not the answer.

The U.S. government “found insufficient evidence to determine the effectiveness of any of the firearms laws or combinations of laws reviewed on violent outcomes” (CDC task force)...

... and also concluded in one study that none of the attackers interviewed was "hindered by any law--federal, state or local--that has ever been established to prevent gun ownership. They just laughed at gun laws." (2006 DOJ study)

Jay of IN 5:51AM July 29, 2012