Don't Bring a Gun to a Bear Fight, and Other Bits of Unconventional Firearm Wisdom
We can continue to argue about gun ownership and its relationship to violence, but studies have confirmed at least a few peculiar aspects of firearms.
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Gun Ownership Neither Increases Nor Decreases the Crime Rate
You are no less likely to be a victim of violent crime in a country with fewer guns.
The Correlation Between Gun Ownership and Homicide Rate
If you control for developing countries and South Africa, with its history of apartheid and ethnic conflict, there is a strong link between the number of guns per capita and gun-related homicides in a country.