Guns Don't Deter Crime, Study Finds

[lsanderson]

Originally posted by livescience at Guns Don't Deter Crime, Study Finds

http://feeds.livescience.com/~r/Livesciencecom/~3/wh9SsDYuzA4/51446-guns-do-not-deter-crime.html

Is an armed society a peaceful society? New research suggests the opposite: Firearm assaults, firearm robberies, firearm homicide and overall homicide are more common in states with more guns.

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[geometrician.livejournal.com]

No kidding. Unfortunately, it will change nothing. I think that as long as we have a dominating political party that operates on fear--fear of other people, fear of other nations, fear of some god--they will be finding violent means with which to counter their fear.