Original sentence: Proponents of gun rights claim that in the US, there are up to 2.5 million incidents per year in which a lawfully-armed citizen averts a crime by confronting a would-be attacker with a loaded gun.They also assert that higher rates of gun ownership increase the number of crimes of passion.Those who advance these statistics say that the deterrent effect would disproportionately benefit women, who are often targets of violent crime
Edited sentence: , following the near total gun ban in that nation, is cited as an example of what happens when firearms are banned for law abiding citizens.Advocates of rights to gun ownership (gun rights) counter that since law abiding gun owners vastly outnumber the criminals who steal guns, the only way to eliminate this avenue of criminal gun ownership is to fully disarm all law abiding gun owners.Despite the fact that no links to liberalized concealed-carry laws and increasing rates of crime have been demonstrated, these laws are still highly contentious.Even then, just as with illegal drugs and illegal full-autos, the criminals would continue to smuggle guns into the USA from other nations.However, no state has seen cause to outlaw Concealed Carry again.Proponents of gun rights argue that in the US, there are up to 2.5 million incidents per year in which a lawfully-armed citizen averts a crime by confronting a would-be attacker with a loaded gun.The Scotland Yard report on the illegal importation of firearms into the U.The USA experience with Alcohol Prohibition and the current "War on Drugs" being other prime examples cited by gun rights advocates.Those who advance these statistics point out that the deterrent effect would disproportionately benefit women, who are often targets of violent crime