01.27.09New Article – The Case Against Gun Control
I’ve uploaded a new article – The Case Against Gun Control.
Here’s the abstract:
Gun control violates the right of individuals to control their own property. It also violates economic law. Enforcement of gun control creates incentives to produce guns on the black market. Gun control causes crime and corruption, whereas gun ownership actually deters crime, and is a check against tyrannical government. In a free society, weapons can be controlled through voluntary, peaceful means.
I wrote this after reading John Lott’s More Guns, Less Crime. I wasn’t impressed with his empirical approach, so my goal was to build a case against gun control based on economic principles and theoretical, a priori arguments.
thanks for this info..it really helped me with my government debate on against gun control. i was already against it but your info made more info for me to present about why it is important for the government not to be able to control what we buy..thanks
Thanks so much for this. Like the above comment fromCourtney, this really helped with my debate. :]
Well done! I too have an assignment against gun control. I really appreciate your information and how logical it is. You touched on every legitimate topic against gun control without being emotional or unreasonably biased. Thank you so much!
Personally I believe that guns are crucial for a stable society and really feel that responsible gun ownership is really a fundamental right. In case you agree with me you’ll likely take pleasure in these anti gun manage posters, even should you are pro gun control they’re nevertheless funny.
You had to invent something called “protection insurance” (that everyone has to have? gov’t mandate?) in order to make you free carry utopia work. FAIL.
I find your blog on this topic very hard to follow. You start off saying that gun control is the best thing out there and then towards the end, you start talking how gun control would be bad. I am very much against gun control my self, and your facts are understandable but your presentation of them does not show your understanding.
I’ve recently been thinking about this issue, and I think you may actaully be right.
I am however saddened that this is an issue to begin with.