PanAm Post
Public Safety Minister Rodolfo Aguilera said the country will follow in
the footsteps of the United States and Switzerland, where the right to
bear arms is believed to lead to fewer homicides.
“Everything
seems to indicate that there is no direct correlation in the aphorism
that says more guns mean more crime,” said Aguilera, who explained that
relaxed gun laws have allowed the United States to reduce the homicide
rate over the last 20 years.
Aguilera added that new regulations will include criminal and psychological background checks for future gun owners.
Probably very few of their homicides are poor unarmed average citizens. The folks getting killed are criminals, drug dealers and the like. So, arming the average citizens will have little effect to the good, but like in the US, more guns will be stolen and more will be sold to criminals. Things will get worse, proving the age-old truth: guns do more harm than good.
