Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Dear Gun Carriers [View all]Dog Gone at Penigma
(433 posts)Crime has decreased overall, but not because of any causal correlation to firearms.
However, firearm homicides have remained roughly steady.
In states like Wisconsin, following making gun laws much more lenient, both homicides by firearms AND non-fatal firearm injuries in particular went up.
Analysis showed that the people involved in that increase in firearm violence were domestic abusers who had taken advantage of the
greater freedom to own and carry to abuse primarily women and children --- as just one example. I suggest you do a search on Wisconsin firearms statistics and studies, looking primarily at the municipally commissioned studies.
We have far more firearms violence than any of similarly developed countries. Those numbers have not gone down as firearms increased.
I don't duck subjects, I'm not afraid of controversy, and I do my homework, basing my statements on documented facts.
We have what is and should be a problem with firearms that should be treated as a public health issue - because it is.