Quote:
|
Originally Posted by Mikhayl
Just a question, even assuming that crime is high in UK, do you think that allowing anyone to have a gun will help ?
|
Of course. THis is the very reason that home invasions in the US only have 4% chance that the owner will be home - the invaders specifically try to avoid confrontation due to firearms.
In the UK, that changes to greater than 50% chance the owner will be home, and then a good chance of violence happening to the owner because of it, since they really don't care if you are home or not.
I quote:
Quote:
|
According to a study by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, there are about half a million incidents every year in which an American burglar is scared away by a victim with a firearm.
|
That is pretty overwhelming evidence of what happens if one is actually home and has a firearm.
I understand the hesitation by UK'rs though. After hearing for 20 years of hearing the lie about how bad firearms are for responsible citizens, you probably start to believe it.
-S