Gun Control & RKBA
In reply to the discussion: Ohio: Buckeyes for Concealed Carry President Uses Handgun to Defend Family [View all]DanTex
(20,709 posts)As far as the crime drop, the majority of the crime drop occurred in the 90s, at the same time that gun ownership rates dropped significantly. In the 2000s, both gun ownership rates and crime rates continued to drop, but at a slower rate. Of course, since a lot of factors affect crime rates, just that data on its own proves nothing, and it is necessary to perform controlled statistical analyses that look at the data at a more detailed level. There have been several peer-reviewed studies about the link between gun ownership and crime, and they have concluded that more guns result in more homicide -- on average, each additional 10,000 gun owning households adds 1 to 3 additional homicides. Here are two of them.
http://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/dranove/htm/dranove/coursepages/Mgmt%20469/guns.pdf
http://home.uchicago.edu/~ludwigj/papers/JPubE_guns_2006FINAL.pdf
But, as I've repeated several times, this is a different question than what we have been discussed in this thread, which is whether, at the individual level, owning or carrying a gun increases or decreases risks associated with crime victimization. I get that you have only memorized a few NRA talking points, but it would be nice if you tried to address the question at hand.