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has been a controversial issue for years. A vast majority of citizens believe that if is strictly enforced it would quickly reduce the threat of crime. Many innocent people feel they have the right to bear arms for their own protection. But, how much protection ....

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.... liberalized their CCW laws over the five years beginning in 1992, compared to a similar rise in violent crime in only 4 of 22 states (18%) which did not change their CCW laws. From the above statistics it is obvious that access to firearms did not provide extra protection for the citizen. In fact, the number of crime victims who successfully use firearms to defend themselves is quite small. Out of 34,040 American firearms deaths in 1996, only 212 were justifiable homicides by private citizens with firearms. Obviously the ones who used the opportunity to buy guns were the criminals. It is a proven fact that handguns have been the murder weapon of ....