Title: American Gun Ownership: A Look At Its Positive Impact
Headings: American Gun Ownership: The Positive Impacts of Law-Abiding Citizens Owning Firearms
American Gun Ownership: The Positive Impacts of Law-Abiding Citizens Owning Firearms
Table of Contents
American Gun Ownership: A Way of Life
Why Guns Are Good: Criminals and the Armed Citizen
Why Guns Are Good: A Sense of Security
Gun Ownership and Public Safety
Home and Business Protection
Public Shootings
The Exponential Impact
Why Guns Are Legal: Protecting Constitutional Rights
Why Guns Are Legal: Restraining the Power of Government
Truth Behind the Anti-Gun Rhetoric
Suicide
43 to One
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Content: And without it, people are left feeling frightened, angry, and defensive – often unable to reach, or even focus on, higher goals. Gun Ownership and Public Safety
Concerning public safety, the media often portrays guns as the primary problem – stating things like, “Guns kill people” or “Guns are not the answer.” But gun control and restrictions are also not the answer. Whenever a community, city, state, or country has imposed a ban on guns, regardless if it was all guns or simply handguns, it has experienced an increase in murder rates. In 1997, Wales and England saw a nearly 50 percent increase in homicides immediately after implementing a ban on handguns. Gun control advocates promote the idea that more gun policies and regulations make Americans safer, but it’s naive to believe that any type of law will stop someone set on murder or other criminal activity. The individuals that engage in these types of criminal behaviors do not obey laws, and are therefore rarely impacted by policies and procedures. But these implemented gun control laws do impact the law-abiding citizens who are only trying to protect themselves and those they care about. The fact is, widespread gun ownership does reduce crime. Here are some of the ways: