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Will be interesting to come back a year from now and see how many crimes were stopped by new gun owners.
by tedunangst 5y ago
Will be interesting to come back a year from now and see how many crimes were stopped by new gun owners.
- meowster 5y agoHow do you propose we measure that?
- tedunangst 5y agoFollow up survey with the people buying guns? Whatever survey determined people buy guns because crime is increasing, call them back in a year and ask how often they used their gun.
- lugged 5y agoThe only people that do this is the NRA. The government put a sanction on that kind of research in govt agencies because they didn't want to give ammunition (ick) to the NRA funded by the taxpayer.
- AdrianB1 5y agoStopping crime by not using the guns is the best way and it is hard to measure. Knowing your neighbours are all armed discourages robberies in that area, how to measure this?
- 88854473 5y agoLikely none. But what would be interesting is to come back here in a few years and see how many of those defending en masse arming are now preparing to take refuge in Europe or Canada because the us would have succumbed to civil war. Or would have become so violent that no sane person could live there.