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Originally posted by Carl Childress
It publicizes certain crimes and the increased punishment, which may serve as deterrent.
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OK, since this has gotten more broadly political, with the bringing in of gun and hate laws, IF the above assertion is true, then it should be possible to demonstrate this through a reduction in gun crimes after new gun laws are passed.
I challenge anyone to demonstrate this.
Well, I can. There is one gun control law that has had a statistically significant effect in reducing gun violence in the states where it has passed.
It is the right to carry law.
Despite all of the fear-mongering of the ban-all-guns crowd and those who believe thier demagoguery, right to carry laws do NOT result in increased shoot-outs at little league games. But they do result in a reduction in violent crimes against the people.
These umpire-protection-act laws are feel-good laws that do not solve the real problem. The real problem is in the attitude of the police and the judges.