Once again, Perseus has the graph of the day. It shows a DIRECT correlation between firearm ownership and firearm-related fatalities. Want to limit firearm fatalities? Limit firearms.
Again the graph shown by Perseus is seriously flawed. As I have stated many times before, these gun control people lump together those shootings in legal self defence and those killed due to gangs fighting over drugs and turf wars. Firearms in UK are seriously restricted, handguns are banned yet gang members are getting hold of them as well as selective fire smgs. You can ban guns totally, but it doesnt stop criminals getting hold of them. Thats a fact of life.
As for Kenneshaw, the mandatory gun ownership is a violation of my constitutional rights. It does not say, "Thou Shalt Bear Arms," but it gives me the right to do so if I so please. Don't force my rights on me, if you do then it's not a right anymore.
As far as I am aware, those who do not wish to own a firearm in Kenneshaw for various reasons are not obliged to do so. Personally, if I could I'd move to Kenneshaw in a heart beat if it meant my family would be safe from criminals.
It seems very strange to me that people ignore the evidence of towns like Kenneshaw where firearms are easily obtainable and the extremely low crime rate, and cling to the belief that banning guns or seriously restrict gun ownership will reduce crime, the fact is, it doesnt. This is exactly what is being shown today in South Africa.
Considering that there is no real way to prove how many crimes have been prevented with guns (guns held by ordinary citizens), I don't think a generalization really matters much anyway.
As it happens I have stopped two crimes with my legally held firearm:-
One was an attempted personal attack on myself, drawing my 45 stopped the attack in its tracks.
Secondly my next door neighbour was a young widow with a very young daughter, to cut a very long story short I arrested two young thugs who were attempting to break into her home, whiloe she and her daughter were there. On carrying out a search of the thugs assisted by my son, they were both found to be carrying knives with blades at least 6 inches long. They werent carrying knives to clean their finger nails. I dread to think what could have happened to those two ladies if I hadnt stopped the thugs, possibly rape and murdered, which is all too evident in South Africa today.
In both incidents, I thankfully never had to fire a shot. However, if I was forced to fire I would have done so without hesitation.
I wonder why no one has taken up my offer of crime scene photographs where unarmed victims were murdered in cold blood?
