Gun Control & RKBA
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(17,493 posts)in our nation similar to those in the UK.
Those laws passed because, as you mentioned, only a few people owned firearms in the UK. An estimated 80,000,000 people own firearms in the United States.
It is somewhat foolish to compare the crime rate statistics in the UK to those in the U.S. as the demographics are so different. I will agree that the strong gun laws passed in the UK had little effect on the violent crime rate as few people owned firearms to begin with.
However I will point out that passing UK style gun control in our nation would most likely lead to a skyrocketing violent crime rate. Criminals would no longer fear armed homeowners or people who legally carry concealed on the street. Of course since criminals do not obey laws, they would still be armed with guns.
Of course such laws are basically impossible to pass in our nation. Gun control advocates found that passing another assault weapons ban, even after the tragic Sandy Hook Elementary School, was impossible even in the U.S. Senate which was controlled by Democrats.