Does Owning a Gun Make You Safer?

Does Owning a Gun Make You Safer?

The second amendment of the constitution guarantees the right to keep and bear arms. As the specter of gun violence continues in our workplaces, roads and schools, the question keeps arising: do guns keep you safe, or just increase the level of violence?

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By National Rifle Association - Everything Firearm Related

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Gary Kleck Numbers Often Disputed
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Studies Have Found That Gun Control Does Not Reduce Crime
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  • mhphoto
    Doesn't surprise me at all.

    Reasons gun control doesn't work:

    1. Criminals by definition break the law .

    2. Criminals get guns from family or friends, not gun shows or gun stores.

    3. Preventing law -abiding citizens from attaining guns will only help criminals by keeping guns away from law-abiding citizens.

    - mhphotoUS June 18, 2009 10:09PM

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  • countryboy
    so right

    Gun control doesn't work. Keeping guns from law abiding citizens will only help the criminals

    - countryboyUS July 3, 2009 9:35PM

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