more guns less crime

I have to prove less guns = more crime, then more guns = less crime. The bop is = shared. For clarification this debate is for North america only. And references to the UK should be ignored (I might accidentally have some) So lets start with my blog as it has awesome graphs (only look at those): http://the-dp-is-good-always.blogspot.com... just look at them. C2: keensaw georgia In 1982, the Kennesaw City Council unanimously passed a law requiring heads of households to own at least one firearm with ammunition. [1] So they where required to own a gun. Kennesaw Historical Society president Robert Jones said following the law's passage, the crime rate dropped 89 percent in the city, compared to the modest 10 percent drop statewide. [1] So after the law passed their crime decreased. Also the states had a 10% drop, so in all logic the crime drop in that place due to gun laws was 79%. "It did drop after it was passed," he said. "After it initially dropped, it has stayed at the same low level for the past 16 years." [1] yeah that proves my point. Police Lt. Craig Graydon said: "When the Kennesaw law was passed in 1982 there was a substantial drop in crime … and we have maintained a really low crime rate since then. We are sure it is one of the lowest (crime) towns in the metro area." Kennesaw is just north of Atlanta. [2] C3: gun control laws raise crime On Thursday's Stossel show on FBN, host John Stossel devoted the program to making the case that gun control can increase crime rates and that higher rates of gun ownership tend to decrease crime. [3] Fewer guns don't necessarily mean less crime. The opposite may be true. About 10 years ago, a mass shooting in the United Kingdom led Britain to pass one of the toughest gun control laws in the world. ... This did not decrease crime. In fact, gun-related crime merely doubled after the ban passed. Crime increased in Britain while it decreased in America. ... Britain just took guns away from the good guys, the people who obey the law. Doing that makes crime easier for the bad guys. The truth is gun control is not crime control. [3] It is true, as Aubin claims, that homicides have decreased in Canada over the past 15 years, although I don't understand why he chooses 1996 as the starting year to make his point, when the 1995 C-68 law really started to come in force only in 1998. The main point, however, is that homicide rates have decreased more in the U.S., where guns have become more common, than in Canada: in fact, since 1998, the homicide rate has dropped by 33% in the U.S. while it increased 3% in Canada. [4] SO canada gun laws make slightly higher crime, less gun laws in the us made less crime. In the U. K., after the introduction of tougher gun control and a prohibition of handguns in 1997, as well as the general repression of self-defence (victims who defend themselves against violent criminals often get more severe sentences than their aggressors), violent crimes have shot up. [4] But it is not just D.C. that has experienced increases in murder and violent crime after guns are banned. Chicago also experienced an increase after its ban in 1982. Island nations supposedly present ideal environments for gun control because it is relatively easy for them to control their borders, but countries such as Great Britain, Ireland, and Jamaica have experienced large increases in murder and violent crime after gun bans. For example, after handguns were banned in 1997, the number of deaths and injuries from gun crime in England and Wales increased 340 percent in the seven years from 1998 to 2005. [4] C4: conceal carry laws reduce crime Allowing law-abiding people to arm themselves offers more than piece of mind for those individuals -- it pays off for everybody through lower crime rates. Statistics from the FBI's Uniformed Crime Report of 2007 show that states with right-to-carry laws have a 30% lower homicide rate, 46% lower robbery, and 12% lower aggravated assault rate and a 22% lower overall violent crime rate than do states without such laws. That is why more and more states have passed right-to-carry laws over the past decade. [7] According to a 2000 study by John Lott, PhD, "shall-issue" laws have reduced homicides by 8.5%, aggravated assaults by 7%, rapes by 5%, and robberies by 3%. Lott argued that if states that did not permit concealed handguns in 1992 had permitted them in 1977, 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults, and 12,000 robberies would have been prevented between 1977 and 1992. [6] But since adopting a concealed carry law Florida's total violent crime rate has dropped 32% and its homicide rate has dropped 58%. Floridians, except for criminals, are safer due to this law. And Florida is not alone. Texas' violent crime rate has dropped 20% and homicide rate has dropped 31%, since enactment of its 1996 carry law. [7] ok point proved there. C5: overall more guns less crime in USA Annual numbers of new AR-15s, the most popular semi-automatic rifle that gun control supporters call an "assault weapon," are soaring. In 2008, there were more than 337,000 new AR-15s configured for home defense [8] Over the last quarter-century, many federal, state and local gun control laws have been eliminated or made less restrictive. The federal "assault weapon" ban, upon which gun control supporters claimed public safety hinged, expired in 2004 and the murder rate has since dropped 10 percent. The federal handgun waiting period, for years the centerpiece of gun control supporters` agenda, expired in 1998, in favor of the NRA-supported national Instant Check, and the murder rate has since dropped 21 percent. [8] SO when gun sales rose crime dropped. like in kennsaw. However, on Monday the FBI released crime statistics that should cause the applauding anti-gunners to sit on their hands. The statistics indicate that between 2008 and 2009, as gun sales soared, the number of murders in our country decreased 7.2 percent. [9] low on room :( But, murders in big cities declined over 11 percent between 2008 and 2009, translating to over a 12 percent decrease in the big city murder per capita rate. [10] So at the same time gun ownership rose crime fell! C6: criminals check to see if their victim is armed. this is actully important as if they do it implies that they are afraid of armed victims, and if they aren't then it proves your point, if it proves yes then I am correct. 51% say they do (agree) 30% say they do it a lot (strongly agree) the rest dont. [11] my point wins. ==conclusion== more guns less crime. Well thats is. wow I just looked I have a lot of sources :) sources: http://www.rense.com... [1] http://www.wnd.com... [2] http://newsbusters.org... [3] http://www.lewrockwell.com... [4] http://www.foxnews.com... [5] John Lott, Jr., More Guns, Less Crime: Understanding Crime and Gun-control Laws, 2000 [6] http://www.humanevents.com... [7] http://www.nraila.org... [8] http://prevarication.net... [9] http://www.nraila.org... [10] http://www.nraila.org... [11]