USofA
Yes
Generally speaking it is deterence of crime/protection of society
No, largely because it isn’t enforced by law officers, or is unenforceable in reality. Furthermore, often times such laws are in direct contradiction to statistical reality.
Yes and no. The cities with the highest crime rates are the ones with the most restricitve gun laws - Washington D.C., New York City, and Chicago. Citizens cannot defend themselves for the most part. Police can only come after the fact in any city.
For hunters and controlled.
Arizona, USA
Yes, and I own four of them. We can carry open or concealed, though I’ve only ever carried to the shooting range.
Laws vary widely by state, although the general notion of a right to bear arms has been upheld by the courts.
There isn’t much in the way of gun control law where I live. I think the case can be made that strict gun control laws can reduce gun-related crime…in some places/cultures…but not others, but at what cost? I’m not keen on living in a society that infantilizes its citizens to such a degree.
That’s funny, the only people to point a gun at me were cops. The reason why we have a right to bear arms in America is because of the need to protect ourselves from the tyranny of a hypocritical government. Am I the only one who remembers this? Also, I hate guns and will never touch one. I believe that the truth goes where a bullet can’t travel. Long story short, the progressives have mentally beated America down so much that we are no different then the Jews being led to slaughter. We’ve all heard the question asked about why the Jews never fought back and now you get to live with their mentality. Better yet, why are gun owners being blamed for the gun-trafficking of fast and furious? Probably because the Progressives need to get ride of the guns before the police start enforcing our British styled health system. Politians know the queen and union rights are more important then American values and as long as police place their faith in union money, it’s only going to get worse. If I am wrong about any of this stuff, then why is the Federal Reserve a privately held company that takes orders out of England?
this is Texas, everybody has a gun, my florist has a gun (Miss Congeniality)
Worst implementation of gun control ever.
Only gun owners will tell you its a deterent. There is absolutely no eveidence to support such claims.
What about the many people who have deterred home invasions and other violent crimes with firearms? Isn’t that some kind of evidence?
How so? I’ll agree that my own country has a big problem with violence, but do guns breed violence in, say, Switzerland?
You have to complete handgun training (handgun training license/permit) course then fill out the required info for paperwork concerning legal ownership of said handgun.
No matter what country there are two things a person does not have to be a rocket scientist to understand:
And that’s why Britain’s violent crime rate is 8 times that of the US, if not higher.
Show me the evidence to support your assertion. By that I mean official evidence and not some book written by an economist! Give me a break!!And that’s why Britain’s violent crime rate is 8 times that of the US, if not higher.
Fun fact, all the cities in the US that have gun control also have the highest rates of violent crime.
Oh, and by the bye, I’m pretty sure the multiple-edition bestselling book More Guns, Less Crime by the economist John Lott counts as evidence.
Criminals in areas with more gun ownership are much more careful to be certain homeowners are gone before breaking in, because they don’t want to get shot.
But guns aren’t a deterrent. Not ever. People will do the exact same things, no matter how likely they are to get them shot. The threat of death has never, not once, in all of human history, acted to affect human behavior in any way.
“Official” evidence?
I suppose most cimes happened outside the house.
If guns do not deter, why do the police carry them?