| Derek, Let me ask you something. Some one is ten meters away from you. Now, if they have a gun, your screwed. You make 1or 2 steps and you get shot. Now lets replace gun with a knife. Now, it has become a situation where you can effectively fight back and make it harder for the criminal to kill you.
Now for the defense argument. The pro-gun people often say that most criminals will go to the black market. This is unlikely. If it were true, you'd see some very bad crimes a lot more often. You say, "i need a gun to defend myself" What about Non-Lethal Weapons? Your argument with this is range. Let me tell you something, if a guy is 100 meters away from you and wants to kill you and has a gun that can hit you easily from that range, your screwed gun or no. most crimes like mugging and break ins where you see the person is in pretty close places. Besides, if we spent the money we do know on gun research and production, we could likely improve non-lethal weaponry to give better range, accuracy, and multiple shots.
Also, provide your statistics supporting your claim of higher gun crime rates please.
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