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Does Owning Guns Prevent Crime? Not According to American Research
21 January 2007
New York Times, Letter
To the Editor:
Re "A Rifle in Every Pot" (Op-Ed, Jan. 16):
Glenn Reynolds may be right in his contention that mandatory firearm ownership helps maintain lower crime rates in some communities, yet the resolution of the question of gun control is not furthered by simply tallying the benefits that accrue to specific groups as a result of ready access to these weapons.
The widespread availability of guns in this country brings with it benefits to some and costs to... (GunPolicy.org)