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Politics : Just the Facts, Ma'am: A Compendium of Liberal Fiction
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To: Lazarus_Long who wrote (40990)11/8/2005 10:52:51 AM
From: Solon  Read Replies (1) of 90947
 
"Since 1996, serious violent crime has soared by 69%: Robbery is up by 45% and murders up by 54%. Before the law, armed robberies had fallen by 50% from 1993 to 1997, but as soon as handguns were banned, the robbery rate shot back up, almost back to 1993 levels. The crooks still had guns, but not their victims.

The immediate effect of Australia's 1996 gun-control regulations was similar. Crime rates averaged 32% higher in the six years after the law was passed (from 1997 to 2002) than in 1995. The same comparisons for armed robbery rates showed an increase of 74%."

No indication of how often guns were actually used in self defense. But it appears that the mere right to be armed (translate as the threat of retaliation or defense)does deter aggressive violence.

Yet there is something disconcerting about watching somebody swilling down whiskey at the bar and getting pissed at the world while carrying a gun in his trunk...
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