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Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP
The problem with that logic is the psychos behind Columbine, Va Tech and many domestic killings are not prototypical "criminals". Often they're people who haven't been in and out of jail and who haven't committed crimes before. For whatever reason (outcast, mental instability, snapping) they go outside of normal behavior and become criminals.
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What if everyone else was armed also? Would they have gotten away with killing nearly as many as they did?
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Originally Posted by DaKCMan AP
There isn't any way I'll buy that restricting access to firearms will increase, or increasing access to firearms will decrease, these types of tragedies.
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Of course not. You’ve already made up your mind and will probably find some anecdotal evidence to justify your position. Problem with that is, all verifiable statistics point exactly too what you’re claiming is impossible.
Everywhere Concealed Carry has become law, violent crimes have dropped and everywhere guns are taken away from law abiding citizens violent crimes increase.
The article I link before this post has several interesting footnoted links to source data. One I found most interesting is a link to an article about the surge in violent gun crimes in the UK. Get that? A country that outlawed all guns is seeing a big increase in gun crimes.