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by ravieira
1946 days ago
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Being from the Northeast of the country, there certainly were lots of people (men mostly) committing homicide in things like bar fights and other petty personal quarrels, and my impression is that this certainly has decreased over the past 15 years, and I think the severe gun limitations contributed to it (really, at least until very recently it was virtually impossible to legally own a gun - the abstract says "carry" but that really (again, legally) is beyond imagination - as permission can only be given by the Federal Police and they will say no). Outside of homicide, it's hard for me to imagine decrease in other violent crimes that are committed with guns. Things like armed robbery and just plain mugging in the middle of the street in broad daylight is RAMPANT in every major city in the country except perhaps in some cases in the Midwest, Southeast and South (richer regions of the nation and often showing better local governments). |
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It hasn't actually been virtually impossible to legally own a gun. In fact, since the bill passed, the number of legal guns has increased substantially, especially along the last three or four years.