According to gun control advocates, crime should be extraordinary, but this simply is not the case. In fact, the exact opposite is true. Switzerland has far less crime per capita than the United States and almost no gun crime. Based on this example, Kopel (1988) correctly concludes that there is no direct link between the level of citizen gun ownership and the level of gun misuse.
Then there's the case of Kennesaw, Georgia where crime dropped after a law that requires its citizens to own guns passed. Lieutenant Craig Graydon, Kennesaw Police Department comments, "Well, after the city ordinance passed, there was actually a decrease in reported crime in the Kennesaw area, especially violent crime." (Wilmouth, 2007).
Last, but certainly not least, is the fact that there's already plenty of gun control legislation and it doesn't work. So, if guns are outlawed only criminals will have guns, leaving law-abiding citizens with no way to protect themselves. The National Academy of Sciences issued a 328-page report based on 253 journal articles, 99 books, 43 government publications, a survey of 80 different gun-control laws and some its own independent study ("Gun Control Doesn't Reduce Crime, Violence, Say Studies," 2004). The panel comprised of all but one of its members favoring gun control found no link between restrictions on gun ownership and lower rates of crime, firearms violence or even accidents with guns. Justice Department suggesting background checks at gun shows would do little to keep firearms out of the hands of criminals. Another study of 18,000 state and federal inmates conducted by the Justice Department revealed that criminals obtain guns illegally ("Gun Control Doesn't Reduce Crime, Violence, Say Studies," 2004). It found...
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