csmonitor.com— FBI's latest crime report, for the first half of 2009, shows America is a less violent place even though ownership of guns has surged. Deterrent effect may have a role, but others see no correlation.
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Gun freedom decreases crime. In Switzerland, the government gives out fully automatic assault rifles to all persons in the military, and the gun becomes their property. They take it home. Switzerland has just about the lowest violent crime rate in the world. Culturally similar Germany has 1 of the highest, and guess what, stricter gun laws.When they banned guns in Australia, violent crime shot up 50% in the following 12 months!!!!Similar stories in Great Britain, South Africa, Jamaica, etc.When firearms are used by citizens for self defense, 2 percent of the shootings end up involving an innocent person mistaken as a criminal. When firearms are used by police, 11 percent of the shootings end up involving an innocent person mistaken as a criminal. VIRGINIA TECH could have been PREVENTED ..law that requires citizens to own guns, relaying a police officer's observations that crime dropped after the law passed. Lieutenant Graydon, Kennesaw PD: "Well, after the city ordinance passed, there was actually a decrease in reported crime in the Kennesaw area, especially especially violent crime.When firearms are used by citizens for self defense, 2 percent of the shootingsend up involving an innocent person mistaken as a criminal. When firearms are used bypolice, 11 percent of the shootings end up involving an innocent person mistakenas a criminal. Police shoot and kill about 600 criminals a year. Law abiding citizens shootand kill about 1,500 each year in self defense<a class="user" href="http://www.friesian.com/ross/ca40/constitu.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.friesian.com/ross/ca40/constitu.htm</a><a class="user" href="http://www.newsbusters.org/node/12556" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsbusters.org/node/12556</a><a class="user" href="http://kgarry.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/gun-violence-in-america-why-its-not-a-political-issue-this-time-around/" rel="nofollow">http://kgarry.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/gun-violenc ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15304" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=153 ...</a>The holocaust would have been stopped, or at least greatly reduced in terms of victims if gun freedom had existed in Germany. Those people in 1930s Germany did not win their freedom on this "small" issue, but who would ever think their government would turn on them?District of Columbia officials like to blame Virginia's "loose" gunlaws for the District's crime woes. Unmentioned is the much lower(about 100 times lower) crime rate in neighboring Fairfax County withits population of nearly twice that of our nation’s crime capital.<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/political_opinion/More_Guns_Safer_Schools" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/political_opinion/More_Guns_Safer_ ...</a>See comment by Ascus, shooting teams in American high schools used to be normal.
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Gun freedom decreases crime. In Switzerland, the government gives out fully automatic assault rifles to all persons in the military, and the gun becomes their property. They take it home. Switzerland has just about the lowest violent crime rate in the world. Culturally similar Germany has 1 of the highest, and guess what, stricter gun laws.When they banned guns in Australia, violent crime shot up 50% in the following 12 months!!!!Similar stories in Great Britain, South Africa, Jamaica, etc.When firearms are used by citizens for self defense, 2 percent of the shootings end up involving an innocent person mistaken as a criminal. When firearms are used by police, 11 percent of the shootings end up involving an innocent person mistaken as a criminal. VIRGINIA TECH could have been PREVENTED ..law that requires citizens to own guns, relaying a police officer's observations that crime dropped after the law passed. Lieutenant Graydon, Kennesaw PD: "Well, after the city ordinance passed, there was actually a decrease in reported crime in the Kennesaw area, especially especially violent crime.When firearms are used by citizens for self defense, 2 percent of the shootingsend up involving an innocent person mistaken as a criminal. When firearms are used bypolice, 11 percent of the shootings end up involving an innocent person mistakenas a criminal. Police shoot and kill about 600 criminals a year. Law abiding citizens shootand kill about 1,500 each year in self defense<a class="user" href="http://www.friesian.com/ross/ca40/constitu.htm" rel="nofollow">http://www.friesian.com/ross/ca40/constitu.htm</a><a class="user" href="http://www.newsbusters.org/node/12556" rel="nofollow">http://www.newsbusters.org/node/12556</a><a class="user" href="http://kgarry.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/gun-violence-in-america-why-its-not-a-political-issue-this-time-around/" rel="nofollow">http://kgarry.wordpress.com/2008/02/23/gun-violenc ...</a><a class="user" href="http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=15304" rel="nofollow">http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=153 ...</a>The holocaust would have been stopped, or at least greatly reduced in terms of victims if gun freedom had existed in Germany. Those people in 1930s Germany did not win their freedom on this "small" issue, but who would ever think their government would turn on them?District of Columbia officials like to blame Virginia's "loose" gunlaws for the District's crime woes. Unmentioned is the much lower(about 100 times lower) crime rate in neighboring Fairfax County withits population of nearly twice that of our nation’s crime capital.<a class="user" href="http://digg.com/political_opinion/More_Guns_Safer_Schools" rel="nofollow">http://digg.com/political_opinion/More_Guns_Safer_ ...</a>See comment by Ascus, shooting teams in American high schools used to be normal.