Harvard Study: No Correlation Between Gun Control And Less Violent Crime
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I don't understand the objections to semi-autos. The usual argument is that they're used in mass killings. But mass killings are rare.
According to the FBI, about 150 people a year are killed in mass gun homicides (4 or more people killed by the same perpetrator in a single event or chain of events). According to NOAA, about 400 people a year are hit by lightening. In other words, you're a lot more likely to get hit by lightning than you are to be killed in a mass slaying with a gun.
Also, gun crimes are falling in the US, not increasing as most people believe.
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/07/nation/la-na-nn-gun-crimes-pew-report-20130507
The number of gun killings dropped 39% between 1993 and 2011, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported in a separate report released Tuesday. Gun crimes that werenât fatal fell by 69%.... Despite the remarkable drop in gun crime, only 12% of Americans surveyed said gun crime had declined compared with two decades ago, according to Pew, which surveyed more than 900 adults this spring. Twenty-six percent said it had stayed the same, and 56% thought it had increased.
According to the FBI, about 150 people a year are killed in mass gun homicides (4 or more people killed by the same perpetrator in a single event or chain of events). According to NOAA, about 400 people a year are hit by lightening. In other words, you're a lot more likely to get hit by lightning than you are to be killed in a mass slaying with a gun.
Also, gun crimes are falling in the US, not increasing as most people believe.
http://articles.latimes.com/2013/may/07/nation/la-na-nn-gun-crimes-pew-report-20130507
The number of gun killings dropped 39% between 1993 and 2011, the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported in a separate report released Tuesday. Gun crimes that werenât fatal fell by 69%.... Despite the remarkable drop in gun crime, only 12% of Americans surveyed said gun crime had declined compared with two decades ago, according to Pew, which surveyed more than 900 adults this spring. Twenty-six percent said it had stayed the same, and 56% thought it had increased.
That fact doesn't matter.
Libtards want to abrogate the 2nd Amendment and disarm all Americans... just because they WANT TO!
Once Americans are disarmed, the Libtard/Socialist/Communist faction of our government can run rampant over our citizenry... just as all DICTATORIAL regimes are want to do.
A real hunter would never use a semi auto. . . he would not even call that hunting.
I have been bird hunting, ducks, quail. Remington Model 33 pump. And as a kid I had a single shot 20 Ga. I was never a very good shot, but my Dad was a champion at skeet and crack shot with all kinds of upland game, ducks and geese. He did not need"no stinking semiautomatic."
Perhaps the next time you go rhino hunting a semiautomatic could be justified from a safety standpoint. A don't see that many birds that pose a risk from a headlong charge. I think you should be quite safe with any double barrel 12 ga.
I have now read the Harvard report all the way through. The main conclusion that seems well supported is that there isn't a correlation between the rate of gun ownership in a country and that countries violent death rate. The study did not examine in much detail the effect of specific types of gun regulation on gun deaths . The study also noted that in at least one instance where certain types of guns had been banned and confiscated (The UK) the measure proved ineffective in decreasing gun violence.
It was also noted that socio-economic conditions seem to be much better correlated with gun violence than is gun ownership. Also, and I found this extremely interesting, the study cites a finding that access to abortion may be correlated with a delayed decrease in gun violence. Is it time to remove the ban on federal funds being used for abortions?
I would highly recommend that all who are interested in gun control read the report.
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf
Obviously if you have a society without any guns, you will have no deaths due to guns, but you will still have deaths due to violence. The report makes a very convincing case that once you have guns distributed among a population, it is probably too late for gun control measures to be effective. It will be very difficult if not impossible to confiscate all guns, and measures taken to confiscate or regulate guns are liable to be ineffective in decreasing gun violence.
After reading the report, I have concluded at least for now, that if one wants to reduce gun violence in a society where guns are prevalent, one needs to concentrate on socio-economic and cultural factors including education, birth control, and access to healthcare, including abortions.
It was also noted that socio-economic conditions seem to be much better correlated with gun violence than is gun ownership. Also, and I found this extremely interesting, the study cites a finding that access to abortion may be correlated with a delayed decrease in gun violence. Is it time to remove the ban on federal funds being used for abortions?
I would highly recommend that all who are interested in gun control read the report.
http://www.law.harvard.edu/students/orgs/jlpp/Vol30_No2_KatesMauseronline.pdf
Obviously if you have a society without any guns, you will have no deaths due to guns, but you will still have deaths due to violence. The report makes a very convincing case that once you have guns distributed among a population, it is probably too late for gun control measures to be effective. It will be very difficult if not impossible to confiscate all guns, and measures taken to confiscate or regulate guns are liable to be ineffective in decreasing gun violence.
After reading the report, I have concluded at least for now, that if one wants to reduce gun violence in a society where guns are prevalent, one needs to concentrate on socio-economic and cultural factors including education, birth control, and access to healthcare, including abortions.
I believe that you didn't need to read that article to realize that social issues are the real problem in the current level of violence, though no doubt guns in the wrong hands are a problem. There have been recent issues with cars being used as weapons against crowds, and in one instant it was reported that the driver was praising a certain god as he ran down bystanders...my point being that if one wants to kill a lot of people, he merely needs to get behind the wheel.
