Where do I find statistics to support the idea that more guns reduce violence?

In response to my thought that statistics show that death rates from firearms is directly related to the number of guns available I recieved the information that more guns reduce violence and less guns increase it.


Could that person or somebody else please guide me to the site which gives statistics supporting this idea?

Where do I find statistics to support the idea that more guns reduce violence?
Across all civilised countries gun control decreases murder rates. Many of the countries mentioned here with low crime rates, such as Canada and Switzerland, are very liberal countries. High conservatism causes a 'criminal backlash' by the massive victims of that conservatism.
Reply:Oh brother. The guy didn't provide statistics and you gave him best answer? Next time, don't ask a question if you just want to push a political agenda. Report Abuse

Reply:ask at nra.org
Reply:More Guns, Less Crime by John R. Lott Jr.
Reply:I always make up my statistics for example:





Did you know that 10 out every 5 children are sexually assaulted online?





yeah.
Reply:That big lie is so preposterous it is obviously the last refuge of the desperate. The gun lobby has been backed into a corner - I for one will volunteer to pull the trigger on the miserable lot of them.
Reply:the problem is the mass media only reports about negative gun violence...when is the last time you heard a NEWS story about someone defending themself with a firearm? Does anybody think that actually does'nt happen? Just ask my brother-in-law who saved the life of his family because he happened to have a weapon at the time he got held up?
Reply:be careful... there's a lot of odd stats out there...





http://www.snopes.com/crime/statistics/a...





and citing something that's false, is worse than not citing something at all...





I've seen little to actually prove what you're looking for... at best, they seem to be cherry picked studies that can't even get close to being fair...
Reply:possibly check with the NRA





Here's a couple of good articles though:


http://www.gmu.edu/departments/economics...


and


http://waronguns.blogspot.com/2006/09/ca...
Reply:Look to the country Switzerland. One of the lowest violence world wide and load of people own guns.