1. Gun Control
One country that is a great example of how guns help prevent crime is that of Switzerland. In Switzerland, by law, every male adult is legally required to own a gun. This law has enabled the Swiss to have virtually no gun crime. ...
Firearms in American Society Imagine this; a man goes shooting with two youths in the woods three times within a month. He decides they are good guys and chooses to sell them a semiautomatic TEC DC-9. Using the same gun, the two youths attack their own fellow students at school and ultimately ta...
Gun Control Gun control is an infringement on our right to bare arms. Gun control activists have the illusions that banning guns will end gun related crimes and murders, but the government can't stop criminals from making or buying weapons. Gun control will make matters worse rather than help. ...
No other weapon has changed the face of the battlefield as the machine gun. It's design and and association with mass death makes it a great and powerful weapon. Two men, Hiram Maxim and Richard Gatling, made huge impacts in the development of the machine gun, making it a useful form of artillery fo...
On balance, they show that there is nothing to be gained from reducing the general level of gun ownership. (3) A thorough review of 18 studies of the effects of gun availability among potential victims and criminals found that the overall effect on criminal violence was zero. (4) In one study, researchers found no significant differences in total robbery rates between cities where guns were widely available and cities where they were not; in cities with fewer firearms, armed robbers simply used other weapons. (5) The best available evidence, based on at least eight national surveys of the gene...