The Gun Control Falicy

Though quite an old article I though it was worth posting in light of the most recent campus shooting. The knee-jerk reaction to these tragedies by some people is to crerate law that allows them to feel as though something is being done. The truth is of course that increasing the restrictions on firearm ownership only keeps law abiding from having guns. No person who is planning to commit such a crime would be dissuaded by such laws. The linked article contrasts crime in London and New York with their much different histories of guns laws and crime, New York has had both higher crime and more restrictive gun laws for decades.

Another, related, development on this issue is the court case of Parker vs. District of Columbia which is being heard by the U.S. Supreme Court. It is a case that very well should be the most important 2nd amendment case ever.