A nice little article here over at Family Security Matters that deals with the myth of gun control success in countries such as Britain and Canada. Here's an excerpt of one of the myths laid out in the article:
There have also been rumors of a Leftist government in the U.S. severely restricting ammunition sales and availability and renewed fervor to ban semi-automatic weapons. What is fact, what is fiction, what is real or what is hysteria is unimportant. The real facts are that Americans need to cling to their guns more than ever - I personally feel that gun owners' rights will come under more attack in four years under Obama than in all of the last 50 years of the Republic. You see...socialism and communism must accomplish two things in order for their takeover to be successful - they must disarm the general public and they must also ban the religious element of society.
Here's another myth from the article:
Myth No. 1: There are more “hot burglaries” in pro-gun America than “gun-control” BritainThere is a lot of chatter going around concerning the Left in America taking another stab at stricter gun laws in America - a lot of that is spurred by this so-called national civilian security force that Barack Obama brought up in the Presidential campaign. Many are wondering if this "force" by Obama will be about gun confiscation and such.
Au Contraire. States John R. Lott Junior in More Guns, Less Crime: “In Canada and Britain, both with tough gun control laws, almost half of all burglaries are ‘hot burglaries.’ In contrast, the United States, with fewer restrictions, has a ‘hot burglary’ rate of only 13 percent.”
Hot burglaries take place when the resident (or residents) are at home. Therefore, they are intrusive crimes, as Madonna and thousands of British people can testify.
Big-picture academics, of course, base their studies on strong empirical evidence. This is most important. In America’s case, big-picture studies reveal that would-be home invaders fear breaking into occupied houses simply because the risks are too high. What if the owner has a gun? Yes, this very question haunts would-be home invaders. But that’s the point, isn’t it?
There have also been rumors of a Leftist government in the U.S. severely restricting ammunition sales and availability and renewed fervor to ban semi-automatic weapons. What is fact, what is fiction, what is real or what is hysteria is unimportant. The real facts are that Americans need to cling to their guns more than ever - I personally feel that gun owners' rights will come under more attack in four years under Obama than in all of the last 50 years of the Republic. You see...socialism and communism must accomplish two things in order for their takeover to be successful - they must disarm the general public and they must also ban the religious element of society.
Here's another myth from the article:
Myth No. 2: America’s gun culture encourages school shootings.
The argument is, in part, a product of Michael Moore’s Bowling for Columbine DVD. Ignore the fact that some of the key scenes were staged. For Moore, the “gun debate” is an opportunity to make money. Indeed, he charged victims to watch his “docu-ganda” film.
Yet, there were thousands of guns in schools during the “repressed” 1950s. Students brought rifles on trains for school-based sporting activities. Later, young men jumped on NYC’s subways with their weapons of choice. Boys played with guns on weekends.
America doesn’t have a gun problem or a knife problem; campaigning reporters do have a problem with history, however. When we revisit the 1950s, we find context. If guns kill people, then where are all the bullet wounds on my father’s pro-gun generation?
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