no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2017/11/12/good-guys-with-guns-saving-lives.html

John Lott as usual hits the nail on the head. A Must Read article

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

Just reiterates what we've all been saying for years, the more guns in the area, the less violence will be perpetrated. 'Gun-free zones' are really just 'target-rich environments'.

Morgan

Of course, coming from Fox. Think Of the lives that would have been saved if the law had been enforced and he never was able to buy a gun. More guns only perpetuate fear an more violence...and gee more gun sales, so who's anti gun control...think about it.

no propaganda please Loc: moon orbiting the third rock from the sun

John Lott is one of the most respected researchers on the topic of guns and safely which is why the "progressives" find him so abhorrent.

Morgan

Not a lot of research is needed to see the studies and results from other countries not technically at war/ or a war zone area. We are the most violent non-war country by far.

BigMike Loc: yerington nv

Enforcing laws we already have would be the logical place to address this as far as firearms are concerned but we have a problem in America far deeper than an inanimate object.

Larry the Legend Loc: Not hiding in Milton

Interesting that you should say that. Most informed sourced tend to disagree though:

"Nearly 60 percent of convicted felons surveyed said "a criminal is not going to mess around with a victim he knows is armed with a gun." Seventy-four percent of convicted burglars said the reason they avoid burglarizing houses when people are home is because they feared being shot. In Orlando, Florida, after its police department set up a program to teach women how to use firearms, the rape rate dropped 88 percent. In Kennesaw, Georgia, the city passed an ordinance requiring households to have a gun. Within seven months the burglary rate fell 89 percent."

http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/wew/articles/95/more-guns-less-crime.htm

Seems to me the ownership and possession of firearms has the desirable effect of sending the criminals elsewhere. Maybe that's why places like Chicago have such high crime rates, because they make it so difficult to own and possess firearms for self-defense, but Kennesaw has seen a huge drop in crime since all citizens were known to be armed and prepared to act in their own defense. Maybe the Kennesaw criminals went to Chicago where it's safer?

boatbob2

It makes no difference if theres a law for,or,against firearms,aTHUG can very easily buy a gun on the street....