Some information and data to keep in mind when/if eoncountering someone (perhaps a legislator?) arguing that guns need to be banned or more severely restricted because ownership by law-abiding citizens causes violence. Where is the firearm violence being committed, and who is committing it? Any article that begins with a quote from Mencken can't be all bad, and could be very good, as is the case here. The first and last words from the article, with a LOT of analytical data in between.

http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/03/a_localized_culture_of_violence.html

H.L. Mencken once said “For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.” This quote seems applicable to the activists who blame a “culture of violence” for the high rate of firearms-related homicides in the United States and propose restrictions on or elimination of 2nd Amendment rights as the solution.
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The results from Virginia, Minnesota, and Louisiana bring into question the veracity, pragmatism, or true objectives of activists who propose broad restrictions of Constitutional rights when high firearm homicide rates are almost exclusive to less than 1% of the land area and a small fraction of the population. A more logical and effective approach would be to address the root causes of the culture of violence in these communities, but this is more difficult and the required introspective self-analysis appears to be outside of the comfort zone of most community activists.

Very interesting, if unsurprising. Thank you!

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