1. Gun Control
The gun ownership policy in Switzerland is probably the closest to the United States. With the exception of criminals and other classes of people any Swiss citizen age eighteen and older can buy and own a gun. Every Swiss citizen in the military keeps his weapon at home until retiring from military service at age 50. ...
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. ...
Introduction John Lott holds a PhD in Economics and teaches criminal deterrence, law and economics at the University of Chicago. Lott is a well-respected author, having published over seventy articles in academic journals. In his first book More Guns, Less Crime, Lott discusses the relationship b...