America's Return to Independence

Despite what you may hear, gun control will not cut crime.  Gun control increases violence as proven in the cities and countries where implemented.  Those that do not own guns benefit from those that do because criminals are wary of homeowners with guns.  When the newspaper in New York printed a list of the homes that had guns, they inadvertently put those households without guns at greater risk. Of the roughly 16,272 total murders committed in 2008, about 10,886 or 67% were committed with firearms.  At the current homicide rate, approximately one in every 240 Americans will be murdered.  The U.S. Department of Justice said that roughly 5.34 million violent crimes were committed in 2008.  Violent crimes include simple/aggravated assaults, robberies, sexual assaults, rapes, and murders.  Offenders visibly armed with a gun committed about 436,000 or 8% of these violent crimes. A U.S. Justice Department study based on crime data from 1974-1985 found that 42% of Americans would be the