Generally, yeah. The crack epidemic brought an epidemic of gun violence. And when these criminals brought overwhelming firepower to their violent robberies, the police were massively outgunned and resorted to commandeering weapons from local gun stores. Because other Western societies aren't faced with these types of weapons in common circulation, their cops are very lightly armed compared to American cops. The more guns the people have easy access to, the more guns the violent and impulsive people will have. The more guns the violent and impulsive people have, the more guns and the more trigger-happy the cops will be.so the N Hollywood shoot-out was related to organized crime?
I don't understand why you're referencing an incident where a bunch of criminals had illegal firearms...seems to indicate that "gun control" only works on people who are already law-abiding.
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