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Reasons for gun control | 6o8

6o8.org11/21/11

This matter has raised many questions like those involving the required restrictions and by the constitutions, the connection about the crime control and gun control as well as the rates at which the gun control have on vices …

PERSPECTIVE: More guns does not mean more crime | Star-Exponent

www2.starexponent.com8/18/11

PERSPECTIVE: More guns does not mean more crime. By: Richmond … More guns might not lead to less crime; deterrence is a very hard thing to prove. But this much is clear: More guns do not lead to more crime. Virginia's …

Do more handguns equal more or less violent crime?

I was recently surprised to read that,

"States with Higher Percentages of Gun Owners Have Less Violent Crime".

And even more surprised to read that …

"Most conservative estimates show that by adopting shall-issue laws, States reduced murders by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7% and robbery by 3%.

And if those states that did not permit concealed handgun in 1992 had permitted them back then, citizens might have been spared approximately 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults and 12,000 robberies.

To put it even more simply: Criminals, we found, respond rationally to deterrence threats!".

I’d always been against people having guns, but if the above is true then I was wrong.

So would it really be better if our civilan societies were armed with guns?

Samuel Colt's first revolver, the Texas or Holster Model Paterson …

www.artdaily.com8/23/11

B DALLAS, TX.- /B The finest known surviving example of Samuel Colt's first revolver – the Cased and Shell Carved Ivory-gripped Texas or Holster Mod.

Samuel Colt Made them Equal

cheaperthandirt.com10/5/11

The Colt Single Action Army, an American history icon, immortalized by Hollywood, lawmen, outlaws, and cowboys.

Check the similarities ..

There’s stuff all over the internet claiming that Colt invented the revolver and I’ve just had a bet with two of my friends that he didn’t invent it.

I’m not sure who invented it but I’d say that Colt just improved on a previous gun.

It would be nice if someone could provide information so that money can change hands – preferably in my direction.