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Originally Posted by SleazyDream
yet the countries that DO restrict weapons have less crime.....
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False. This is one of the favorite arguments of gun control proponents, and yet the facts show that there is simply no correlation between gun control laws and murder or suicide rates across a wide spectrum of nations and cultures. In Israel and Switzerland, for example, a license to possess guns is available on demand to every law-abiding adult, and guns are easily obtainable in both nations. Both countries also allow widespread carrying of concealed firearms, and yet, admits Dr. Arthur Kellerman, one of the foremost medical advocates of gun control, Switzerland and Israel "have rates of homicide that are low despite rates of home firearm ownership that are at least as high as those in the United States." A comparison of crime rates within Europe reveals no correlation between access to guns and crime.
The tougher it is in an area of the us to get a legal firearm, the higher the crime rate, AND by far the higher the rate of gun related violence. (people tend to do less gun waving in areas that other people are likely to shoot back)