Gun control

Gun control

• More guns leads to less firearm crimes.
• The past 20 years gun sales have exploded leading to less crime.
• Europe with gun control have a 3x higher crime rate than no control.

crime rates in the u.s

• 757.7 per 100,000 1992.
• 386.3 per 100,000 in 2011.
• Murder rate was 9.3 per 100,000 in 1992 .
• Murder rate is 4.7 per 100,000 in 2011.
• Accidental deaths fell 58% in 1991-2011.

protection

• Guns are used 80 times more often to stop crime.
• 200,000 women use guns to protect themselves.
• U.S is #1 in gun ownership for protection.
• The greatest mass shootings happen in gun free zones.

Crime in other parts of the world

• U.K has 2,034 violent crimes per 100,000.
• U.S has 466 violent crimes per 100,000.
• U.K has the strictest gun policies.
• U.K has the 2nd highest overall crime rate. 
• Australia's gun murders increased by 19%

so will gun bans and gun control take away violent crime rates and murders?