Question for Gun Owners see below for details?*?

Question

If law-abiding citizens were forced to give up their guns to the government, do you think crime rates in your community would go up, go down, or stay about the same? Go up... Go down...or stay about the same?*

Answer 1

The criminals would run the 'streets', & the only half-way 'safe' people would be the rich & the politicians who either buy security or are provided bodyguards by the 'Gov.'

A citizen has the God-given RIGHT to defend Self, Family, property, & Country! ! !

That's what I'm SURE our founding forefathers intended, no matter WHAT the bleeding-heart liberal Demacrack socio-crats in D.C. are trying to perpetrate. . . . . . . .

The Second Amendment was meant to assure ALL Americans the way to defend and guarantee the continuance of ALL our other freedoms. . . . . . .
And this is what Pelosi, Clinton, Schumer, & Co. are SCARED SHITELESS OF! ! ! !

"An Armed Man is a CITIZEN, an Unarmed Man is a SLAVE!"

Answer 2

Unarmed home owners and law abiding citizenry equals: Chaos & soaring crime rates. Crimes against the person will increase: Assaults, muggings, rapes; car jackings will increase; home burglaries will increase & murder will increase.

Wake up. We live in a society with a sub-culture of drug addiction and generations of individuals who believe it is a 'gimme, gimme, gimme' world. Do you think they care that it is illegal to own guns? Only the law abiding citizen will be unarmed & prey for these minions of darkness. Politicians who propose more gun control have body guards 24-7 paid for by our tax dollars. They don't have to worry about calling 911 or protecting themselves and so the only threat they can foresee is an armed populous that might not want them in office anymore. They are only worried about their own well-being, not anyone else's.

H

Answer 3

They would go up drastically.

Check out the crime statistics for Morton Grove, IL.

In 1982, Morton Grove outlawed the ownership of firearms within town limits. At the time, their crime rate was about average in comparison with national statistics. Since then, burglary, armed robbery, rape, and assault have sky rocketed.

By contrast, later in 1982, Kennesaw, GA passed a city ordinance requiring every householder not barred by law, to own a firearm and ammunition for it, or have a permit from the City Council exempting them from the ordinance. At the time, Kennesaw's crime rate was about the same as national crime rates, but climbing due to it's proximity to Atlanta. Since the ordinance went into effect, rape, robbery, and burglary rates dropped drastically. They are still far below national averages. I interviewed the Deputy Chief of Police in 1990. He told me that in the first 8 years of the ordinance, they'd had one homicide, a vehicular hit-and-run. Prior to the ordinance, they had averaged 3 or 4 homicides per year.

Now how do you think a firearms ban would effect crime rates?

Doc

Answer 4

I know for a fact that they'd go way up. There's at least one guy who comes through our neighborhood every now and then and breaks into a house, but since I caught him looking through our windows, and came outside armed with a semi-auto shotgun, he hasn't been seen here since. If my neigbors and I were disarmed, he'd probably come right back, and have no reason not to try our house.

There's a lot of crime in the inner city, and the police can do nothing to stop it. Without private gun ownership, what's to keep that from spreading to our neighborhood?

Also, another thing to keep in mind, I was talking with my roommate about China, and the likelihood that they might attack us on the ground. We came to the conclusion that they might attack us, but they'd be unable to seriously invade us, as our soldiers could fight a strong campaign on the ground, and with the high level of civilian gun ownership our Army suddenly goes from being about 500,000 to over 12 million. Some of which are very well armed and trained.

Answer 5

Would go up, i have heard about a place in georgia where every citizen is required to have a gun and the crime rate has dropped to zero. its not the people that have guns legally its the ones that have them illegally that are the ones ruining things, the ones that have them legally like hunters know how to use the damn things

Answer 6

If guns were banned two things would happen. One would be a Revolt. The other would be that the crime rate would skyrocket through the roof. Banning Alcohol didn't work did it? So what makes people think that banning guns is going to work?

Answer 7

If LAW ABIDING citizens are forced to give up their guns, CRIMINALS, who you can be damn sure won't be giving up THEIR guns, will run rampant, preying on the freshly disarmed populace. Anyone who believes criminals would turn in their guns is deluded. Anyone who believes police could improve their protection of the community enough to prevent this is deluded as well.
To answer the question, they'd go up.
WAY UP.

Answer 8

I think the crime rate would go up, too. But the murder rate might actually decline. More gun-related deaths are due to accidents and murders of family members and "loved" ones, then used to kill robbers and burglars. Just check your local "metro" section of the newspaper. Note: this is not a plug for getting rid of the 2nd amendment. . . .

Answer 9

Probably stay the same or go up because the weapons that are used for crimes arent registered and stuff. The people who use their guns safely and use them for hunting. You dont really have to worry about honest people but the ones who sneek around and buy them off the streets from whoever is selling it.

Answer 10

Maybe you should ask the farmer in Kansas who has to give up his guns, how he will protect his family when the nearest police could be one hour away?......
anyway......so you don't ask about non-law abiding citizens (and non citizens) that won't turn their guns in....

so I guess that you only want to hear what you want to hear...