I Don't Think Guns Make Us Safer
The high number of guns has infact made the world an unsafe place.
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BizSuitStacy · M
To say that the high number of guns has made the world unsafe is simply not true.
Gun violence in the US has steadily declined year over year since 1993 (you can verify via the FBI Uniform Crime Report). Today, gun violence in the US is down 50% since 1993. It's estimated that were were 180 million legally owned firearms in 1993. Today it is estimated that there are nearly 400 million legally owned firearms in the US.
So...for close to 25 years, gun violence has gone down significantly while gun ownership has gone up significantly.
Now...I'm not saying the decline in violence is directly related to the increase in gun ownership. But we know for certain that this increase in the number of guns DID NOT make the US less safe.
The world is unsafe due to incompatible ideological and political differences.
Gun violence in the US has steadily declined year over year since 1993 (you can verify via the FBI Uniform Crime Report). Today, gun violence in the US is down 50% since 1993. It's estimated that were were 180 million legally owned firearms in 1993. Today it is estimated that there are nearly 400 million legally owned firearms in the US.
So...for close to 25 years, gun violence has gone down significantly while gun ownership has gone up significantly.
Now...I'm not saying the decline in violence is directly related to the increase in gun ownership. But we know for certain that this increase in the number of guns DID NOT make the US less safe.
The world is unsafe due to incompatible ideological and political differences.