Spinoneone
2008-04-05 09:57:46
Frans,
All you need to do is look at the crime statistics from Washington, DC. No citizen may own a hand gun in Washington; the criminals have thousands of them and kill each other and innocent bystanders every day. In Washington it is illegal to have a rifle or shotgun in your home unless it is broken down and cannot be fired until reassembled. That, of course, takes more time than the average home owner would have in the event of a burglary or other crime being committed against someone in the household.
The murder rate in Fairfax, Virginia, next door to Washington and a state that allows citizens to carry handguns, has a murder rate less than one-half of Washington’s.
