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==Myth== | ==Myth== | ||
| − | [[Ammophilia|Gun advocates]] commonly claim that gun control does not reduce gun crime. | + | [[Ammophilia|Gun advocates]] commonly claim that {{l/ip|gun control}} does not reduce gun crime. |
===Example Claims=== | ===Example Claims=== | ||
| − | * "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns." | + | * "{{l/sub|When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns|Myths}}." |
| + | * [[Irrelevancies/criminals don't obey laws/gun control|Criminals don't obey laws.]] | ||
* {{l/sub|Switzerland has high gun ownership and low gun crime|Irrelevancies}} | * {{l/sub|Switzerland has high gun ownership and low gun crime|Irrelevancies}} | ||
* {{l/sub|a sign isn't going to stop a criminal|Irrelevancies}} | * {{l/sub|a sign isn't going to stop a criminal|Irrelevancies}} | ||
| + | * "It takes a [[special kind of stupid]] to think criminals will obey gun laws." | ||
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==Reality== | ==Reality== | ||
===Links=== | ===Links=== | ||
* '''2015-06-12''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/06/12/gun-killings-fell-by-40-percent-after-connecticut-passed-this-law/ Gun killings fell by 40 percent after Connecticut passed this law] | * '''2015-06-12''' [http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/govbeat/wp/2015/06/12/gun-killings-fell-by-40-percent-after-connecticut-passed-this-law/ Gun killings fell by 40 percent after Connecticut passed this law] | ||
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Myth
Gun advocates commonly claim that gun control does not reduce gun crime.
Example Claims
- "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns."
- Criminals don't obey laws.
- Switzerland has high gun ownership and low gun crime
- a sign isn't going to stop a criminal
- "It takes a special kind of stupid to think criminals will obey gun laws."