I’m a gun policy expert. And as a gun policy expert, I’m often asked questions by policymakers that make my head spin.
As I explain in a recent legal memorandum for the Heritage Foundation, it seems that far too many of the people tasked with formulating good public policy on violent crime fail to understand the true nature of violent crime. As a result, they end up pushing for laws that are ill-designed to address actual problems and that, even worse, sometimes exacerbate them.Most gun crimes are perpetrated by a very small and predictable number of serial offenders.
In 2021, the most comprehensive survey on American gun ownership and use ever conducted further corroborated Americans’ widespread reliance on their Second Amendment rights, estimating an annual average of 1.6 million defensive gun uses. Many other studies provide evidence that not only are lawfully armed Americans effective at thwarting crimes in progress, they are also responsible for deterring untold numbers of crimes from occurring in the first place.
• Invest in additional resources and personnel for police departments around the nation that are demoralized, understaffed, and struggling to keep up with increased criminal activity. • Repeal overly lenient bail policies that force judges to release even serial violent offenders back into the community, where they commit more violent acts.
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