So, here we are staring down another “assault weapons” ban, and all the liberals want to talk about is the criminal use of guns. Let’s talk about the positives. (P.S. if you fall under the left wing please just hear me out, it’s the mature thing to do.); Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year, or 6,849 every day. Most often, the gun is never fired, and no blood (including the criminal’s) is shed.
Every year, 400,000 life-threatening violent crimes are prevented using firearms.
60 percent of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they knew the victim was armed. Forty percent of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they thought the victim might be armed.
Felons report that they avoid entering houses where people are at home because they fear being shot.
Fewer than 1 percent of firearms are used in the commission of a crime.
By 66 percent to 32 percent, economists and criminologists answer that gun-free zones are “more likely to attract criminals than they are to deter them.” A 60 percent to 40 percent margin thinks that guns in the home do not increase suicides. And a 62 percent to 35 percent spread says that guns are used in self-defense to stop crime more often than in the commission of crime. Source: https://www.google.com/amp/s/fee.org/articles/guns-prevent-thousands-of-crimes-every-day-research-show/amp
Facts don’t lie.
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