gun is considered by some a birthright of Americans. However, with crime rates

involving handguns rising each day it has become quite clear. Handgun laws must

become more stricter in order to reduce homicide and crime.

Danial Blackman is one example of a dangerous man who was allowed to carry a

concealed weapon despite prior criminal behavior. In February 1996, the former

candidate for judge in Broward County, Florida, threatened to put three bullets in the

head of a meter maid who had written him a ticket, behavior that should have prevented

him from carrying a concealed handgun but did not. Though he was arrested, Blackman

was not convicted of a crime because he agreed to seek psychological treatment A year

later, Blackman was arrested again, this time for pulling a gun on an emergency-room

doctor who refused to write him a prescription. Only then was his gun license revoked.

In states with lax carry concealed weapons (CCW) laws, hundreds of people with

licenses have committed crimes both before and after their licensure. For example, in

Texas, which weakened it's CCW law in 1996m, the Department of Public Safety

accessible, the rate of murder and crime will only continue to rise.

shouting match over a parking space, the fist fight on the play-ground, or a lover's

quarrel can result in a death when guns are accessible. When 20,000 people are being

sexual assault, aggravate4d assault with a deadly weapon, illegal drug possession and

Contrary to gun lobby's claim, no evidence exists to suggest that "an armed

conclusions of Black, Nagin, and Ludwig, or other researchers who have identified

Kentucky, and Dr. Jens Ludwig of Georgetown University agreed that Lott's study is so

murdered every year, you've got a problem. It poisons society with fear and suspicion,

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