Guns are as good or better than cash to a burglar. Many of them are drug addicts, a 'clean' gun from the home of a good citizen is easily converted into drugs. We all agree that it is the 'illegal guns' that cause most of the gun violence, in addition to straw-buys, theft from cars and burglary are the principal method how 'good guns' are turned into 'illegal guns'. The fewer guns make that change, the lower the political and judicial pressures on the second amendment.
So you want to limit the guns or ban them outright? Australia banned all semi-auto guns in 1997. Here's what we can expect if that were to happen...
"The first year results are now in: Australia-wide, homicides are up 3.2 percent, Australia-wide, assaults are up 8.6 percent; Australia-wide, armed robberies are up 44 percent (yes, 44 percent!). In the state of Victoria alone, homicides with firearms are now up 300 percent. (Note that while the law-abiding citizens turned them in, the criminals did not and criminals still possess their guns!)"
"Between 1995 and 2007, Australia saw a 31.9 percent decrease in murders; without a gun ban, America's rate dropped 31.7 percent.
During the same time period, all other violent crime indices increased in Australia:
assault rose 49.2 percent and robbery 6.2 percent.
Sexual assault -- Australia's equivalent term for rape -- increased 29.9 percent.
Overall, Australia's violent crime rate rose 42.2 percent.
At the same time, U.S. violent crime decreased 31.8 percent: rape dropped 19.2 percent; robbery decreased 33.2 percent; aggravated assault dropped 32.2 percent.
Australian women are now raped over three times as often as American women."
Liberals would love to push through a gun ban similar to Australia.... No thanks, I'll keep my guns thank you.
