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Several gun manufacturers are getting fed up with some of the new legislation being passed into law on gun control. They are refusing to sell guns to any buyers in New York, for example, because of the harsh new laws being put into play. Even the police departments will not be able to purchase guns from these manufacturers.
Gun control advocates claim that stronger gun control will lead to fewer gun-related murders, but the facts don't prove that liberal theorizing. In fact, most of the time, facts run contrary to liberal thinking. So what are some of the facts? The facts in this article were compiled from JustFacts.com, which I believe are accurate and unbiased. You can judge for yourself or go to other resources that offer hard data.
In 1976 the Washington DC City Council passed a law prohibiting residents from possessing handguns and requiring all firearms in private homes be a) unloaded, and b) rendered temporarily inoperable with either a trigger guard or by disassembly. During the time this law went into effect, until the time it was deemed unconstitutional, the murder rate in DC went up 73% higher than previous, where the US murder rate decreased 11%. This fact is something most conservatives might predict while most liberals would hide.
In the UK, gun control went into effect in 1968 and by 1997 all guns were confiscated from the public. The homicide rate has shot up (forgive the pun) 52% higher after the gun control law first went into effect.
Chicago (Obamaville) passed gun control legislation in 1982 where there was a ban on handguns that prevented the possession of such weapons except those registered with the city government prior to the law. The law required those who possessed handguns to register them every two years or stand to lose their guns, and in 1994 the registration was required annually. In 2005, 96% of all firearm murders were committed with handguns. Good job.
When Florida allowed concealed carry permits (Oct. 1987), the murder rate dropped 30% while the US rate overall dropped only 15%. When criminals wonder whether or not their intended victim is "carrying," it may give him a reason to go hunting for victims in, say, New York or Chicago.
There are anywhere from 2000 to 5200 gun shows a year in the US. In a 1997 survey of 14,285 inmates who used firearms in their crime, about 0.7% got their gun at a gun show, 1% at a flea market, 3.8% at a pawn shop, 8.3% at a retail store, 39.2% from an illegal street source, and 39.6% from family or friends. These statistics are somewhat old and do not reflect how some illegal guns were provided by our Department of Justice--but that's another story and does not get much air time in the left wing mainstream media.
It amazes me how facts can be readily disregarded when they don't fit into the liberal mindset. It almost seems obvious what the real problems are with gun violence in this country. We glorify violence in our movies, and in our video games. Our cultures is programmed to accept violence as a way of solving problems. Then we have mental health issues that, if screened, are disregarded because we don't want to impinge on anyone's rights--unless, of course, if it has to do with the first two Amendments. In states where involuntary mental health institutionalization is easier to obtain, there is a significantly smaller propensity for mass shootings to occur.
But liberals, having their own mental health issues, will always blame the tools of violence rather than the actor of the violence.
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Gun control advocates claim that stronger gun control will lead to fewer gun-related murders, but the facts don't prove that liberal theorizing. In fact, most of the time, facts run contrary to liberal thinking. So what are some of the facts? The facts in this article were compiled from JustFacts.com, which I believe are accurate and unbiased. You can judge for yourself or go to other resources that offer hard data.
In 1976 the Washington DC City Council passed a law prohibiting residents from possessing handguns and requiring all firearms in private homes be a) unloaded, and b) rendered temporarily inoperable with either a trigger guard or by disassembly. During the time this law went into effect, until the time it was deemed unconstitutional, the murder rate in DC went up 73% higher than previous, where the US murder rate decreased 11%. This fact is something most conservatives might predict while most liberals would hide.
In the UK, gun control went into effect in 1968 and by 1997 all guns were confiscated from the public. The homicide rate has shot up (forgive the pun) 52% higher after the gun control law first went into effect.
Chicago (Obamaville) passed gun control legislation in 1982 where there was a ban on handguns that prevented the possession of such weapons except those registered with the city government prior to the law. The law required those who possessed handguns to register them every two years or stand to lose their guns, and in 1994 the registration was required annually. In 2005, 96% of all firearm murders were committed with handguns. Good job.
When Florida allowed concealed carry permits (Oct. 1987), the murder rate dropped 30% while the US rate overall dropped only 15%. When criminals wonder whether or not their intended victim is "carrying," it may give him a reason to go hunting for victims in, say, New York or Chicago.
There are anywhere from 2000 to 5200 gun shows a year in the US. In a 1997 survey of 14,285 inmates who used firearms in their crime, about 0.7% got their gun at a gun show, 1% at a flea market, 3.8% at a pawn shop, 8.3% at a retail store, 39.2% from an illegal street source, and 39.6% from family or friends. These statistics are somewhat old and do not reflect how some illegal guns were provided by our Department of Justice--but that's another story and does not get much air time in the left wing mainstream media.
It amazes me how facts can be readily disregarded when they don't fit into the liberal mindset. It almost seems obvious what the real problems are with gun violence in this country. We glorify violence in our movies, and in our video games. Our cultures is programmed to accept violence as a way of solving problems. Then we have mental health issues that, if screened, are disregarded because we don't want to impinge on anyone's rights--unless, of course, if it has to do with the first two Amendments. In states where involuntary mental health institutionalization is easier to obtain, there is a significantly smaller propensity for mass shootings to occur.
But liberals, having their own mental health issues, will always blame the tools of violence rather than the actor of the violence.
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