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82. Even if the Brady campaign got everything they wanted, the killings would continue

Like I said, our non-gun homicide rate is equal to or greater than most of the countries in Western Europe. Since many of the murders that would be committed with a gun would still be committed anyway, our non-gun homicide rate would skyrocket.


It's possible that the total rate would go down, but that would still leave us at several times the European rate which apparently is our target.

It's also possible it will be unchanged, or even creep up as small-time thieves grow emboldened to break into houses instead of cars, thus increasing the contact between criminal and victim.

Nadin, given the choice between tightening gun laws and loosening drug laws, I'd take the latter. Not only would it make us freer, but it would save far more lives, save far more money, generate far more revenue, and take effect much sooner than any gun law would.