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From the NCPA Policy digest; gun control failures::
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THE FAILURE OF GUN LAWS
Restrictive firearm legislation has failed to reduce violent
crime in Australia, Canada or Great Britain. Moreover, the
policy of confiscating guns has been an expensive failure.
Ironically, criminal violence has not decreased, but instead,
continues to increase, notes Gary Mauser (Fraser Institute).
Since the introduction of restrictive firearms laws more than 20
years ago, police statistics show that England and Wales are
enduring a serious crime wave:
o In the 1990s, the homicide rate jumped 50 percent, going
from 10 per million in 1990 to 15 per million in 2000.
o Violent crime has increased since the late 1980s and, in
fact, since 1996, has been more serious than in the United
States.
The recent firearm regulations have not made the streets of
Australia any safer either:
o The total homicide rate, after having remained basically
flat from 1995 to 2001, has now begun climbing again.
o Over the past six years, the overall rate of violent crime
in Australia has continued to increase; robbery and armed
robbery rates continue to rise with armed robbery
increasing 166 percent nationwide.
In Canada, the rate of violent crime has increased while costing
the taxpayers an enormous sum:
o The effort to register all firearms, which was originally
claimed to cost only $2 million, has now been estimated by
the Auditor General to top $1 billion.
o The final costs are unknown but, if the costs of
enforcement are included, the total could easily reach $3
billion.
In contrast, violent crime rates, and homicide rates in
particular, have been falling in the United States. The drop in
the American crime rate is even more impressive when compared
with the rest of the world. In 18 of the 25 countries surveyed
by the British Home Office, violent crime increased during the
1990s.
Source: Gary A. Mauser, "The Failed Experiment: Gun Control and
Public Safety in Canada, Australia, England and Wales," Public
Policy Sources, No. 71, November 2003, Fraser Institute.
For text
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=pb&id=604
For more on Gun Control
http://www.ncpa.org/iss/cri/
Comments Aggie?
THE FAILURE OF GUN LAWS
Restrictive firearm legislation has failed to reduce violent
crime in Australia, Canada or Great Britain. Moreover, the
policy of confiscating guns has been an expensive failure.
Ironically, criminal violence has not decreased, but instead,
continues to increase, notes Gary Mauser (Fraser Institute).
Since the introduction of restrictive firearms laws more than 20
years ago, police statistics show that England and Wales are
enduring a serious crime wave:
o In the 1990s, the homicide rate jumped 50 percent, going
from 10 per million in 1990 to 15 per million in 2000.
o Violent crime has increased since the late 1980s and, in
fact, since 1996, has been more serious than in the United
States.
The recent firearm regulations have not made the streets of
Australia any safer either:
o The total homicide rate, after having remained basically
flat from 1995 to 2001, has now begun climbing again.
o Over the past six years, the overall rate of violent crime
in Australia has continued to increase; robbery and armed
robbery rates continue to rise with armed robbery
increasing 166 percent nationwide.
In Canada, the rate of violent crime has increased while costing
the taxpayers an enormous sum:
o The effort to register all firearms, which was originally
claimed to cost only $2 million, has now been estimated by
the Auditor General to top $1 billion.
o The final costs are unknown but, if the costs of
enforcement are included, the total could easily reach $3
billion.
In contrast, violent crime rates, and homicide rates in
particular, have been falling in the United States. The drop in
the American crime rate is even more impressive when compared
with the rest of the world. In 18 of the 25 countries surveyed
by the British Home Office, violent crime increased during the
1990s.
Source: Gary A. Mauser, "The Failed Experiment: Gun Control and
Public Safety in Canada, Australia, England and Wales," Public
Policy Sources, No. 71, November 2003, Fraser Institute.
For text
http://www.fraserinstitute.ca/shared/readmore.asp?sNav=pb&id=604
For more on Gun Control
http://www.ncpa.org/iss/cri/
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