Most likely yes, if the AC in question is your average/. reader. When the Consitution was written the militia was considered to be all able-bodied men of age to serve. There was no such thing as the National Guard.
Why does Canada also have much lower murder rates? Compare the statistics between Seattle and Vancouver sometime.
If you look at the non-gun murder rate in Seattle and compare it to the entire murder rate for Vancouver it will likely still be much higher. Now compare the murder rate Seattle to a similar town in Switzerland where most houses contain fully automatic assault rifles and the like. Seattle's murder rate is going to be much, much higher.
Try reading David Kopel's The Samurai, the Mountie, and the Cowboy: Should America Adopt the Gun Controls of Other Democracies. You'll find out that murder rates have a lot more to do with economic and cultural issues than the availability of firearms.
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Are you part of a well-regulated militia?
Most likely yes, if the AC in question is your average /. reader. When the Consitution was written the militia was considered to be all able-bodied men of age to serve. There was no such thing as the National Guard.
Why does Canada also have much lower murder rates? Compare the statistics between Seattle and Vancouver sometime.
If you look at the non-gun murder rate in Seattle and compare it to the entire murder rate for Vancouver it will likely still be much higher. Now compare the murder rate Seattle to a similar town in Switzerland where most houses contain fully automatic assault rifles and the like. Seattle's murder rate is going to be much, much higher.
Try reading David Kopel's The Samurai, the Mountie, and the Cowboy: Should America Adopt the Gun Controls of Other Democracies. You'll find out that murder rates have a lot more to do with economic and cultural issues than the availability of firearms.