Gun Owners' Resource

London city council won't get behind Toronto Mayor David Miller in calling for a complete ban on handguns.

Dr. Jeremy D. Blanks, from the Board of Directors of Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws, examines the difficult and often-posed question of whether tightening controls on private firearm ownership actually has any measurable effect on crime rates, whether it be an increase or a decrease.

This article dates from August 14, 2000.

This article was written by Dave Kopel, Paul Gallant, and Joanne Eisen of the Independence Institute and originally published on December 5, 2001 at the website of the National Review Online.  The link to the original story is here. 

Kopel and company do an excellent job of dissecting the faulty logic of the gun-grabber crowd and showing numerous examples of the true price of "gun control."  In short, they show the impossible to be just that: impossible.

The article is presented here, in its entirety, with no alteration or commentary.

An experiment in folly

by Iain Murray
June 21, 2001

WASHINGTON -- When we read about children carrying weapons, of course we worry. Their inexperience and naiveté can lead them to do stupid things with tragic consequences. Therefore, it is only natural that one response should be to push for more restrictions, to make it more difficult for children to get access to weapons. If it works for children, why shouldn't it work for adults?