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Originally Posted by dksuddeth
the only thing gun control does is create more victims for the criminals who won't obey the gun laws anyway.
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A good proportion of gun-related deaths are suicides. Not having access to a firearm can often reduce the chances of a suicidal person from taking their life. A large proportion of suicides are conducted with firearms.
The only thing gun control does is create more victims?
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Canada did not have serious gun control until the late 1970s. The homicide rate in Canada has been stable or declining since (e.g., the homicide rate has declined 40% from 1991-2004) while several other categories of crime, such as violent crime, increased until the 1990s and then began to decline.
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Source: The Daily, July 22, 1998 Statcan