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Originally Posted by Ledgem
This is the right question to ask. While each country is different, we can predict what might happen if we look at data from other countries. England is a fair example, as they recently (late 1990's) enacted tougher legislation around firearms, so we have some "before and after" data to work with. According to Wikipedia, immediately following the legislation there was not an appreciable impact on firearm-related deaths (neither increased nor decreased), but it seems that about a decade or so later the numbers began to fall. That makes sense. I'd still like to look at the actual data for myself, but the summary will do for now. It would be interesting to see data from other countries as well.
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You missed something there. I did not say "firearm related deaths" I said "victims". That means anyone who died to a crime (murder). Be it a gun, a knife, a bat, poison, a chair, a car, or bare hands.