Washington DC has some of the most restrictive gunlaws in the US yet it has the highest "gun related" crime rate. There are other major metropolitan citys that have very loose gun laws and have a lower "gun related"crime rate.
I do not have the stats on hand as I learned of this in a high school class 3 years ago. The end conclusion of the data the class looked at was there was an inverse relationship between leagal gun ownership and gun related crime rates.
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Washington DC has some of the most restrictive gunlaws in the US yet it has the highest "gun related" crime rate. There are other major metropolitan citys that have very loose gun laws and have a lower "gun related"crime rate.
I do not have the stats on hand as I learned of this in a high school class 3 years ago. The end conclusion of the data the class looked at was there was an inverse relationship between leagal gun ownership and gun related crime rates.