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Roughly 30K Americans are killed w/ guns each year. Only a third are murders. Two-thirds are suicides. That third says more about cultural deficiencies and lack of values among men, particularly young men, than anything
There is no 1 solution. But gun control is not one of them.
There is no 1 solution. But gun control is not one of them.
I mean, you can argue for gun control or "common sense" gun control all you want if it makes you feel virtuous.
But it doesn't work. It won't work. Ultimately, it will lead to less security, more death and less freedom. So, you might want to rethink the whole virtue argument.
But it doesn't work. It won't work. Ultimately, it will lead to less security, more death and less freedom. So, you might want to rethink the whole virtue argument.
And people have to stop citing the 1994 Assault Weapons Ban, which is evidence against gun control, not for it. The trend began in 1992, 1st of all. 2nd, it has been researched ad nauseam.
Academics for DOJ concluded in 2004 the effects were "too small for reliable measurement."
Academics for DOJ concluded in 2004 the effects were "too small for reliable measurement."
Tweeted this the other day, but it warrants another.
"There is no compelling evidence that it [1994 Assault Weapons Ban] saved lives," Philip Cook and Kristin Goss at Duke wrote in their book "The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know."
Cook admits it had "weak results".
"There is no compelling evidence that it [1994 Assault Weapons Ban] saved lives," Philip Cook and Kristin Goss at Duke wrote in their book "The Gun Debate: What Everyone Needs to Know."
Cook admits it had "weak results".
