| LTE: Gun bans do nothing to stop violent crime |
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| Written by Jeff Garvas | |
| Thursday, 28 July 2005 | |
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The Columbus Dispatch July 26, 2005 I have some suggestions for our poorly educated public officials in Columbus, about the July 10 Dispatch article "Gun ban called inconsistent." If lawmakers would do some research, they would see that gun bans do not work. Gun bans cannot be studied with accuracy anyway because of the overwhelming number of guns in America. Gun bans have been used in Europe and Australia, where crime rates have soared. Why do these bans not work? Because criminals don’t care about laws. If they did, there would be no crimes. Right from wrong — we all learned that at age 2, right? We should punish criminals, not smack them on the hand for violent crimes and send them back into society after three or five years of so called rehabilitation in our prison system. Guns don’t kill people; criminals kill people. All guns, cars, knives, baseball bats, swords, pencils, chain saws, lawnmowers and hedge trimmers are deadly in a criminal’s hands, not just certain types or brands. Make penalties for violent crime more harsh, and stop taking away my rights. TIM HACKWORTH Hilliard |