The opposite has occurred in England, land of extremely restrictive weapons laws. Crime rates have skyrocketed in recent years. Assault occurs at a higher rate than in the United States. Homicides in England have doubled since gun control became law. The common sense of many links concealed weapons laws with accidents, often crippling or deadly.
Children find guns and too often accidentally shoot themselves or others.
But too often, while true, is misleading. Neither thousands nor hundreds of children perish annually in gun-related accidents. Of the 1,134 accidental gun deaths in 1996, only 42 were children under ten. Twice as many children die annually in bathtubs. Yet bathtubs, while twice as likely to cause the accidental death of a child, are not disparaged as lethally dangerous products and Rosie O Donnell has yet to call for a bathtub ban.