{"id":45478,"date":"2022-05-02T13:45:15","date_gmt":"2022-05-02T17:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=45478"},"modified":"2022-05-02T13:45:15","modified_gmt":"2022-05-02T17:45:15","slug":"how-gun-laws-affect-crime","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rightwinggranny.com\/?p=45478","title":{"rendered":"How Gun Laws Affect Crime"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Sunday, The Blue State Conservative<\/a> posted an article about a recent study<\/a> by the National Bureau of Economic Research. According to the study, there is a direct correlation between gun ownership and crime.<\/p>\n

The article reports:<\/p>\n

According to a recent study<\/a> by the National Bureau of Economic Research, there is a direct correlation between gun ownership and crime, but that correlation doesn\u2019t align with the storyline from the \u201cguns are bad\u201d crowd. In fact, shocker\u2026 it shows just the opposite.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The NBER analysis used Tennessee\u2019s database for handgun carry permit holders, and then cross-referenced that data with crime statistics in those zip codes. It was determined that once information from the database was publicized, in areas where gun ownership was highest, burglaries were correspondingly lower. Conversely, in areas with relatively low gun ownership, burglaries were considerably higher:<\/strong><\/p>\n

…If a criminal is considering what areas and homes they want to target, there are a few factors they will weigh. Certainly, a burglar is going to want to focus on a residence that will have valuable belongings which they can take, but the first thing they\u2019re going to assess is their own well-being. It\u2019s human nature.<\/strong><\/p>\n

A house or apartment with a big Rottweiler or Dobermann Pincer? That could certainly deter a burglar. The same can be said regarding a residence with a sophisticated security system. Burglars certainly want to avoid getting bitten by a big dog or having police arrive at the scene of a burglary while it\u2019s in progress. But as much as criminals dislike dog bites and jail time, what deters them most is the prospect of getting their heads blown off in an attempted burglary.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Responsible gun ownership is a good thing. Gun owners give criminals a serious reason to reconsider burglarizing someone\u2019s home. Government officials thinking of becoming overly tyrannical must remember that they have an armed populace; and in some cases, that populace is heavily armed. Even foreign adversaries can be deterred<\/a> by America\u2019s gun-toting public, as was the case with both the Japanese in World War II and the Soviet Union years later.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Would the Holocaust have happened if the German citizens had not surrendered their guns?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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