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Politics : Hillary Rodham Clinton, Senator from New York?
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To: nuke44 who wrote (928)8/11/1999 6:23:00 PM
From: chalu2  Read Replies (2) of 3389
 
I do agree, by the way, that there is some merit to the thought that armed citizens may personally be safer against criminals than unarmed citizens. I don't agree that crime rates have gone way up in areas where there is strict gun control. The strictest gun control laws in the country are probably in New York City, and murders are at a 30 year low, as are other violent crimes. It is true that gun crimes/violent crimes are at low rates in European countries that ban personal ownership of guns. How does that fit into the thinking that we are all safer with weak gun control? Or are Europeans and Americans just different types of people, so that the European experience doesn't translate. (Or, to put it another way: Why do I feel so much safer visiting Stockholm than visiting Los Angeles?).
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