The percentage chance of having an accident with a legally owned gun is infinitesimally small. And you think banning people from owning them will reduce crime. Of all firearms, less than 0.2 percent are used in crimes. Again, an infinitesimally small number. Let's look at England.
Many people think, for some unknown reason, that England's gun control laws have helped.
Here's the truth. England has had twice as many homicides with firearms as it had before adopting its repressive gun laws, yet England still counters rising crime by increasing restrictions on rifles and shotguns. From 1980 to 1992, handgun-related robbery rose over 200 percent in Britain but dropped in the United States. It doesn't look that way to me. Top of Page Front Page Current Issue etc.