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[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chimaera: [QB] [QUOTE]An estimated 1 MILLION crimes are prevented each year in the United States by the display or use of firearms by civilians.[/QUOTE] How on earth did they come up with this? And what do they mean by "prevented", perhaps a guy walks into the store, tries to rob it, and the clerk pulls a gun? I think something like this should be taken with a grain of salt, after all, we don't know how many people were killed in preventing these crimes, nor does it say how many crimes [b]weren't[/b] prevented. [QUOTE]A burglar is at least 75% LESS likely to enter a house where he BELIEVES the owner keeps a gun handy. [/QUOTE] Now, how many burglars stop to think whether or not the person inside has a gun? Again, I'm left wondering how one goes about developing this kind of statistic, a survey of the local prison? And let's not forget that a great many guns are stolen from households, sometimes with the owner getting shot with his own gun (a sad irony, in my opinion). [QUOTE]making guns illegal will only affect those who would obey the laws anyway. (as an aside to the folks who say that only the police should have guns, I should point out that most cops shot and killed in the line of duty are shot with their OWN guns - actually a higher percentage than that of gun-carrying/owning civilians who are killed with their own guns)[/QUOTE] The first part is actually not true. If you look at crime statistics in Canada and the US, you will see that the percentage of crimes committed with firearms in Canada is much lower than that of the US. Firearms control controls the supply of firearms, even for criminals. Don't forget that many criminals obtain their weapons by stealing firearms from armed civilians, or through "legitimate" means (ie going to a store and buying one). As for cops being shot with their own weapon, I've never seen any figures on this, but my inclination would be to disagree. Of all the news stories of cops being shot here in Canada, I have only heard of one where he was accidently shot by a cop (and it wasn't even his own weapon). All I can say is that figures speak for themselves, countries with stricter gun control laws generally have lower firearms crime rates. A final note on facts and figures: Not all of them are created equally, many often have bias built into them depending on where they come from, and often can be subjective. Often one has to take these with a grain of salt (or simple skepticism if your blood pressure is already high [IMG]http://solareclipse.net/Forums/smile.gif[/IMG] ) [/QB][/QUOTE]
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