Gary, check out the article at this link.
Interview with John Lott, author of More Guns, Less Crime
John Lott made his famous study starting with the notion that guns were dangerous and having them everywhere was a bad thing. His own study changed his mind.
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You and he should try living in Europe, Australia, Canada, Japan, etc then you will change your minds!!
Have you EVER actually looked at evidence that doesn't agree with what you think to be true?
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I looked at the evidence gained from living in Europe and Australia, and statistics from other industrialised countries that don't share the arcane, paranoid US gun culture
Your utterly ridiculous statement that my solution is to send our kids off to colleges with guns is just another of your ways of twisting what is said. I said concealed carry or shall carry laws make it possible for law abiding citizens to have their weapons with them. That doesn't mean everyone should carry a gun, or needs to, for that matter. The mere fact that someone COULD be carrying where a criminal wants to do evil is a DETERENT. And those less inclined to carry guns, or to even defend themselves, are indeed protected by the fact that criminals don't know if they have one or not! Criminals don't know if they can just walk in and start shooting without getting shot on the spot by a law abiding hero.
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Sounds like you have yet to grasp the difference between movie-based fantasies and reality
You frankly have not said anything definitive, not quoted any statistics, not mentioned any facts at all.
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Here's some statistics for you:
1998 Murders in USA 16,974 No of murders per 100,000 inhabitants 6.3 1998 Murders in England & Wales 420 No of murders per 100,000 inhabitants 1.4 Source: FBI Crime report
And another statistic - there are more murders in LA County each year than in the entire United Kingdom
You are being emotional and irrational.
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A curious statement for someone who advocates a return to the days of rootin tootin cowboys in the wild west!!
It's understandable, but it's also not going to help protect you or anyone else to set up gun free zones. Only law abiding citizens will abide by those rules, and criminals won't.