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Gun Control Laws Can Reduce Crime |
| Section: MODERN THOUGHT / GUN CONTROL: A CRIME OR CRIME STOPPER? |
| Author: Douglas Weil |
| Publication: The world & I online |
| Issue Date: 2/1/1997 |
| Size: 2,926 Words, 18,423 Characters |
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The evidence that crime reduction can be achieved through the proliferation of gun ownership and gun carrying is weak, and the strategy is dangerous because it is based on the false premise that acquiring a firearm for protection will, in general, make people safer. In support of a petition before the Federal Trade Commission, seventy-five nationally recognized researchers and other health professionals wrote that advertising suggesting that the purchase of a handgun will increase the security and safety of the consumer is "at odds with the best available epidemiologic evidence." The letter continues that "bringing a gun, especially a handgun, into the home for self-protection will, on average, increase the risk of a homicide, suicide, and unintentional injury occurring in the home. The in...
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...as made us safe.
It is time to try a better way. It is time to make a serious effort to keep guns out of the hands of criminals. And it is time for the gun industry to became a partner in the effort to reduce the level of violence caused by the products it brings to the market. We need to implement a comprehensive set of gun laws designed to limit the number of guns available to criminals.
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