Strict gun laws are ineffective for stopping crime and nearly impossible to maintain. This becomes quickly evident if you study places that have banned firearms and compare crime statistics before and after gun bans..
In the U.K., for example, a 1997 law banning concealable firearms was
met by a 77% increase in violent crime, and a 50% increase in homicide (see figure 1). Homicide rates peaked at 2.1 per 100,000. There was a 13% increase in assaults with a knife.
In 1996, Australia banned all shotguns, semi-automatic, and fully automatic rifles.
Armed robberies increased by 69%, non-lethal gun violence by 28%, and gun homicide went up 19%.
On the other hand, in Kennesaw, Georgia, a 19...
