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Over the last twenty years, a large amount of effort and money has been spent over
legislation regarding gun control. Gun control advocates maintained that increased gun control
could reduce the soaring crime rates of the early 70's. However, most of the arguments used for
gun control are the result of careful manipulation of data and emotional appeal. These "myths"
are twisted by our liberal media until they are seen as the truth. However, despite the claims of
gun control activists, gun control does not reduce crime, it leaves law abiding citizens
increasingly vulnerable to violent crime.
One common claim of gun control advocates is that gun control in foreign countries,
notably Great Britain, is responsible for their lower crime rates. They present statistics showing
that Britain has lower murder rates than America, but skip some other interesting information.
First, the gun control methods used in Britain include searches and other checks......

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