Thoughts on Gun "Control"

Consider this:

• Based on a 2000 study, Americans use guns to defend themselves from crime and violence 989,883 times annually. Banning guns would leave about 1,000,000 Americans defenseless from criminals who have no problem acquiring guns illegally.
• A nationwide survey reported over a five-year period 3.5% of households had a member who used a gun to protect themselves, their family, or their property. This also adds up to about the same 1,000,000 incidents annually.
• Each year about 200,000 women use a gun to defend themselves from a sexual crime or abuse.
• The Carter Justice Department found that of more than 32,000 attempted rapes, 32% were actually committed. But when a woman was armed with a gun or knife, only 3% of the attempted rapes were actually successful.
• Newer studies all point towards a figure of 2.5 million- that’s the new expert guesstimate of how many times Americans defend themselves from violent criminals each year. Guns save lives.

Let's we see what the bad guys themselves have to say:

• A survey of male felons in 11 state prisons across the USA found that 34% had been scared off, wounded or captured by an armed victim of their crime.
• 69% of felons knew other fellow criminals who had been scared off or captured by an armed victim.
• 57% of felons polled agreed that "criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the police.

That's just the in the "violent" old U.S. The stats from England are even more enlightening. Yes, jolly Old England where Bobbies patrol without guns, people drink tea instead of coffee, home of Piers Morgan and where all are so civilized and have great accents. Well, not so much, at least to the violence part. The murder rate is indeed less than the U.S. but the violent crime rate is an astounding 333% higher than here in the colonies. According to FBI statistics, the violent crime rate in the United States is 386/100,000 population while in the U.K. it is 1,361/100,000 population. I would just as soon pass on the victim thing, thank you very much.

Gun control is really a misnomer. It controls the ability of law-abiding citizens to protect themselves while waiting for the police to arrive, but does nothing to deter the criminals from initiating violent crimes. I posted an earlier blog today about Groucho's "Marxist" political analysis and it was spot on. Too many politicians and media types are illustrating his point with reckless abandon. The nonsense has got to stop if we are really serious about protecting our families and children. I too just joined the NRA as a step against the idiocy. With firearms, always be safe, but be smart - the wellbeing of your family may depend on it. 

townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2013/01/13/why-i-just-joined-the-nra-n1487478