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Likewise, isn't there a truth to the plethora of other questions that have vexed social scientists in recent years, like what led to the drop in crime in the United States in the mid-1990s (and why rates are slowly creeping back up again) and whether more stringent gun control might possibly have a crime-enhancing (and not just a crime-inhibiting) effect as it reduces not only the availability of guns to lawbreakers but also presumably many defensive gun uses as well? The NCVS consistently elicits fewer claims of defensive gun use than do telephone surveys. This is part of the more general benefit of allowing citizens to engage in defensive gun use. |
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