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Gun Control And Murder Case Study

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It is a widespread belief that by decreasing the marketing of guns, crime rate including them would decrease heavily. A recent study in Harvard set out to answer the question of whether banning firearms would reduce murder. Opposite to popular belief, the answer was “no.” There is no correlation between violent crime and the ownership of firearms. For example, Norway has the highest rate of gun ownership and the lowest murder rate. By contrast, Holland has an extremely tight gun control system, yet their homicide rate is incredibly high (Kates and Mauser). America is similar in this content; according to a professor of Virginia Commonwealth University, gun sales have increased by over 70% since 2006, while crimes including firearms have decreased
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