It hasn't been a good year for them. The NRA is winning major battles despite the super Rich's money going against them. Gun sales and ownership is up, more and more women are toting, and crime is going down because of it. Liberals weep for the non-loss of life:
What Happened to Chicago s Crime Rate When Illinois Relaxed Gun Control Laws
This fails as both a
post hoc and straw man fallacy, as there's no evidence that gun ownership or the carrying of firearms contributes to a decrease in crime:
“In 2010, according to the most
recent data on justifiable homicides from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Reporting (UCR) program, there were 230 justifiable homicides involving a private citizen using a firearm in self-defense during either an attempted or a completed crime. In the same year, there were 8,275 firearm homicides. This means that, for every one justifiable firearm homicide, there were 36 criminal homicides. Contrary to the gun lobby’s claim that, between 2007 and 2011, guns were used
12.5 million times in self-defense, the most reliable data on this question clearly show that firearms were used only 338,700 times in self-defense, and this includes off-duty police. Clearly, then, despite living in a country with 300 million guns, the use of firearms in self-defense appears to be an exceedingly rare phenomenon.”
Less Guns Less Crime- Debunking the Self-Defense Myth Armed With Reason
Consequently, whether citizens should be allowed to carry a firearm or not has nothing to do with the likelihood of one using his firearm for self-defense, as one is allowed to carry a firearm because he has the Constitutional right to do so, regardless whether he uses it for self-defense, regardless the crime rate.
And this a straw man fallacy because you misrepresent the position of your political opponents, as no 'liberal' advocates 'taking' guns, nor do they advocate disallowing citizens carrying guns for lawful self-defense.
