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What evidence? From what I've seen the increased availability of weapons (specifically guns) is not parallel to increased crime rate. Australian gun control was almost completely ineffective and cost the Australian government millions. 12 months after the ban homicide rates went up, assault rates went up, armed robberies went up, and in some cases homicides with guns rose up to 300 percent higher. Sure their crime rates have decreased almost insignificantly since then, but it was decreasing before the gun bans. If you look at the murder rates of developed countries with strict gun laws or low gun ownership rates and compare them to other developed countries with high gun ownership rates you will notice that gun possession has a pretty insignificant effect on murder rates. Sure the number of mass homicides will decline, but those are responsible for barely a percentage of homicides per year. Plus more guns=more death is assuming that the ordinary person commits crimes such as murder. Either way, "weapons of self-defense" are for the most part useless, but if they provide a person or family with a higher sense of security then why not let them have them. Not to sound cliché, but gun control isn't about guns its about control, and that somewhat applies to all weapons.
Since the ban has been instated the upward trend in fire arm homicide has been reversed and firearm related homicide in Australia is at an all time low.
http://www.aic.gov.au/statistics/homicide.html
If you noticed although the gun related homicides dropped, the rate of homicides actually stayed very consistent with the trend that began before the ban was even instated.
Gun related homicide is merely 10% of that of USA's.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...ted_death_rate
Let's not forget to mention that crime rates have dropped in the US without the help of a gun ban. Almost 70% of homicides in the US are gun related, but that's only because of the availability. That doesn't mean the same amount of homicides can't be committed with other weapons or illegal firearms.
A long term policy cannot be determined by just 12 months of observation. Obviously there will be a knee jerk reaction.
Each country is a separate entity and you definitely can't say "a country with less guns has less gun incidents", but taking any individual country you can say "if there was less guns there would be less gun incidents" - barring if a country is an active warzone of course!
The point I brought up is that the amount of guns does not coordinate with the amount of homicides. The amount of homicides is based more on factors like police effectiveness, social standards, political situations, and things like that.
Apparently some one hates my opinions and keeps deleting my posts. In my opinion (that's what forums are about, opinions) you should be able to protect yourself from criminals. If a person is such a scum bag that they are out robbing people or breaking into houses, they deserve to be in danger. It should be a very dangerous thing to attack and rob innocent people. I support concealed carry and self defense because people deserve a chance to protect themselves.
Like my original post said; you wanna be a thug, you should be ready to pay a price.
I've robbed you at gunpoint. You pull a gun out and shoot me in the back when I'm running away. Congratulations, you're now a murderer.
I fail to see how having a gun changed anything for the better.
If you noticed although the gun related homicides dropped, the rate of homicides actually stayed very consistent with the trend that began before the ban was even instated.
Let's not forget to mention that crime rates have dropped in the US without the help of a gun ban. Almost 70% of homicides in the US are gun related, but that's only because of the availability. That doesn't mean the same amount of homicides can't be committed with other weapons or illegal firearms.
The point I brought up is that the amount of guns does not coordinate with the amount of homicides. The amount of homicides is based more on factors like police effectiveness, social standards, political situations, and things like that.
The reasons for the US crime drops have absolutely nothing to do with weapon availability. Its completely reliant on an increased number of police, social trends, political and educational advancement, and changing demographics.
So what are you anti-gun people proposing. Make it illegal for people to own guns and they will all just go away? The criminals are already armed, taking away the right to own a gun from decent people doesn't solve this issue.