GunFacts Hasn’t Any (8)
Brief one. Page 11:
.Myth: Gun registration will help police find suspects
Fact: Registration is required in Hawaii, Chicago, and Washington D.C. Yet there has not been a single case where registration was instrumental in identifying someone who committed a crime.65 Criminals very rarely leave their guns at the scene of the crime. Would-be criminals also virtually never get licenses or register their weapons
Author cites the infamous John Lott. Which is interesting since Lott acknowledges registered guns are used in crimes but rarely.
To debunk this myth, I need cite only one case to render it bogus.
The argument by the author is something of a strawman; one of gun registration’s byproducts is to assist law enforcement in criminal investigations. But there are other advantages of registration such as weeding out those who should not have access to firearms.
