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Over the past 20 years gun regulations have been eased and the number of weapons sold has skyrocketed. However in that time the violent crime has gone down.
by tomschlick 12y ago
Over the past 20 years gun regulations have been eased and the number of weapons sold has skyrocketed. However in that time the violent crime has gone down.
- saalweachter 12y agoThe number of weapons sold has skyrocketed, but the percent of households owning guns has fallen by about a third, from 45% to 30% over the last twenty years. (The per capita firearm homicides seem to have fallen by about half.)
- nemo 12y agoThere are three times as many deaths by suicide from firearms than violent crimes. Those rates have remained fairly steady over the past 20 years. Also, while there have been more guns sold, household ownership has been decreasing - it's largely individual collectors that drive up sales.
- virtuabhi 12y agoCorrelation != causation
- tomschlick 12y agoI'm not saying that. I'm saying that the common thought would be that more guns = more crime. But according to the latest FBI study thats not the case. The cause of the dropping crime is due to many factors, but it definitely has not gone up even though there is greater access to firearms.