"The US Department of Justice noted Law enforcement reported 617 justifiable homicides in 2006. Of those, law enforcement officers justifiably killed 376 individuals, and private citizens justifiably killed 241 individuals. The discrepancies in the reports are remarkable; however it’s even more baffling that an estimated 17,034 persons were murdered nationwide in 2006." - http://socialconsumer.wordpress.com/2009/05/28/memorializing-war/
Am I the only person I know who likes target practice and the skill involved in gun and bow activities and still thinks there should be stricter gun control? Read the statistics above once again just to let it sink in, I'll wait.
Yes that's right.... in comparison to the number of people killed in violence to the number of people actually PROTECTED by owning a gun, how can anyone with common sense reason that gun control is bad? Gun control is not a politically correct way of saying you lose your right to bear arms. It is exactly that, control. Controlling to the letter of a stricter law, who can own a weapon, and how long it takes to get it. Is there any real reason that someone needs a hand gun right this minute? Other then to commit a crime. Or just cause they are really impatient.
Most people who are eager to get a gun are doing it for emotional reasons. They are scared, angry, or just plain frustrated. Great time to get a gun. If stricter laws are in place, then the process will be more thorough, weeding out criminals and giving law abiding citizens a time to cool off. I you want a gun to target practice or just because you think they are artistic pieces of machinery and you collect them, you can wait while they do all the checks necessary to obtain it. Is that a bad thing? I don't think so. the article I got this information from is very well written and addresses other aspects of violent crime and even race as it relates to violent crime. No I am not saying that minorities commit MORE crimes, just that people tend to commit crimes WITHIN their own ethnic and economic communities. Whites who fear minorities with guns should really be fearing whites with guns, and the same for any race, both here in the US and other countries as well.
Gun control will not CEASE crimes commited with a gun, but it WILL reduce gun use in crimes, most likely reducing the number of fatalities in these crimes.
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