1. Gun Control Laws reduce violent crime. In 2003, a Center for
Disease Control Task Force report found insufficient evidence to
determine the effectiveness of any of the firearms laws or
combinations of laws reviewed on violent outcomes. A 2004 study
by the National Academy of Sciences reviewed over 200 journal
articles, 99 books, and 43 government publications evaluating 80
gun-control measures. Researchers were unable to find empirical
evidence that restrictive gun laws and regulations reduced
violent crime, suicide, or accidents. 2. Guns cause crime. This
myth presumes an otherwise law abiding individual will decide to
commit some violent crime simply because they are exposed to a
gun. There is no evidence to support this idea. 3. So called
"assault weapons" with high-capacity magazines are responsible
for higher body counts in rampage killings. Based upon an
analysis of rampage shootings, rampage murderers shoot/attempt
to kill a victim between two to seven times per minute. The
higher rate of seven vict