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Originally Posted by Danzig
"Roughly one-fifth said they know someone who has been a victim of a crime involving firearms in recent years, with women, young people, minorities, city residents and low-income people among the likeliest. Of those, almost a quarter said they have considered acquiring a gun for themselves.
About one in three people said they already have a firearm, consistent with previous polling results. Men, whites and Southerners are the likeliest to own guns."
that's from another article i just read.....so, men, whites, and southerners (rural??) are most likely to OWN a gun, and also the least likely to have a crime committed against them....criminals know who the least likely to be protected are...after all, many cities ban gun ownership, so the criminals (who already break laws, so what will a gun law do?) know the chances of an urban dweller being able to defend himself is slim. thus, an easier target. police can't be everywhere.
glad i don't live in a city, and i never will. the right to defend oneself is a basic right, and it's been taken away, giving the edge to those who don't care about breaking one law while committing another.
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So, 80 percent of people surveyed did not know anyone who had been the victim of a crime involving guns, and 75 percent of those who did know (of that 20 percent) still did not want a gun. So only 5 percent of the people surveyed considered getting one. Correct?
Did the article say how many of the guns involved in those crimes cited by the 20 percent had been acquired legally?
Devil's advocate, Danzig- I'm amazed that the majority of people who knew of a crime involving guns still didn't want one. Because they've seen what they can do, do you think?
How about we attack poverty and urban blight-- I have a strong suspicion that would do more to fight crime than anything else. Oh right, because conservatives feel if you're poor, you must deserve it and could get out of it if you really, really wanted to.