The Obama Gun Effect

[wmbwinn]

To McSluggo: I will post several links to you to educate you on the stance of the NRA. The NRA is in support of stronger penalties when guns are used to commit crimes. I find it incredible that you thought that was untrue or bizarre.

I don't have time to teach you everything so go study the NRA website yourself. It is easy to search it. The NRA is in favor of background checks. The NRA is in favor of improving the database of criminal information and psychiatric information that the FBI has access to in order to do the background check more effectively.

Here is a research article. I'm not going to try to copy/paste it because I don't know how to include the pie charts and other visual media. I am still a HTML rookie.

http://www.nraila.org//Issues/Articles/Read.aspx?ID=117

note that the link takes you to the NRA webpage. They don't link to stuff they don't support.

To Mavdog: You're whole arguement appears to be that if there are no guns, then we'll all be better off because there won't be accidental deaths with guns, there won't be murder with guns, and there won't be crime with guns with a higher death rate associated with those guns.

You should read the link also.
1)criminals are afraid of armed citizens
2)criminals are more likely to not carry any weapon in areas where the citizens are likely armed
3)criminals carry guns more often in places like Chicago, California, Washington DC, and Massachusetts because they know they won't find honest citizens there who are armed
4)criminals will not use guns in crime if they know ahead of time that they are going to be severely punished.