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Originally Posted by Splorf22
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Lastly, to all you gun control nuts, there is simply 0 evidence that gun control actually reduces crime . . . for the obvious reason that criminals don't follow gun laws. Gun control is one of those ideas that is neat, simple, logical and wrong. Read for example: http://www.justfacts.com/guncontrol.asp or
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Implementing gun control immediately caused the crime rate in DC. |
This is a dishonest graph. The handgun ban laws in DC did nothing to increase the amount of murders in DC, the handgun ban laws in DC increased the amount of guns imported from neighboring states by criminals to use in the criminal activities they would have engaged in regardless. The graph doesn't show an increase in disarmed civilians being murdered, it shows an increase in murder overall. Crime rates began to drop in the early 2000s due to in large part gentrification of the area and the handgun ban wasn't overturned until 2008 by the Supreme Court, long after crime had reached record lows.
With that said, creating a black market is never a good idea. Guns should remain legal in the United States and most likely will, regardless of how many intellectually bankrupt graphs each side throws out there to make their case.