Gun bans lead to more gun violence

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11:00 a.m. EST, February 24, 2013

Gun control will not work. When one matches FBI crime statistics with the states that have the most restrictive gun laws, one finds that nearly all the most restrictive states have the highest number of murders by firearms. This proves beyond doubt that gun control legislation increases the number of murders by firearms.

Barry Rohder, Germantown

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