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Gun control flops.(Scan)
The gun-control movement is in trouble across the globe. From Britain to Australia to Canada, promises of lower crime rates due to gun control have turned into a reality of sharp increases in crime.
Take the United Kingdom, where violent crime has been soaring. Britain has already banned just about every type of weapon a criminal might want. Handguns were outlawed in 1997, and nearly all other firearms (even BB guns) are heavily regulated. Yet gun crime in England and Wales nearly doubled in the four years following the ban. Overall violent crime soared by 118 percent. The violent crime rate in England and Wales now stands at twice the rate of the U.S.
Other English-speaking countries that followed Britain's lead in limiting gun ownership have nothing to show for it either. In Australia, violent crime rose dramatically after the "Port Arthur" gun-control measures banned most firearms in 1996. Violent crime rates averaged 32 percent higher in the six years after the law passed, compared to the year before the law went into effect. Armed robbery increased by 74 ...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service Rankin, Robert A. December 9, 1993 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) January 9, 1994 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: World and I Graham, Tim June 1, 2000 700+ words
...either for or against gun control. Stories with less than...antigun rights were: * Violent crime is caused by guns, not criminals. * Gun control policies and laws prevent...favoring gun rights were: * Gun control will not and does not...
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- Newspaper article from: Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA) January 16, 2007 700+ words
...adding more gun control does not reduce violent crime. Washington...restrictive gun control laws and one of the worst violent crime rates in the...Calling for more gun control, which does nothing to reduce violent crime, only fuels...
- Poor Argument For Gun Control
- Newspaper article from: The Washington Post January 16, 1994 700+ words
...compared the strict gun control laws of Canada with...show the efficacy of gun control. This is a useful comparison...uncommon for rates of violent crime to increase following the enactment of stricter gun control. Look, for example...
Source: HighBeam Research, Gun control flops.(Scan)