2. Property Protection
Many in Washington want to ban large capacity gun magazines. During the L.A riots in 1992, Korean businesses armed themselves with the very same ammunition and not surprisingly, their stores remained standing. As the nation has seen a dramatic spike in riots and looting, it is clear that banning such ammunition makes us less safe. Most gun involved homicides and armed robberies do not involve large capacity magazines. Banning them will do little to no effect on the crime statistics. Still, banning handguns will not solve the safety issue. In fact, “violent crime increased after the [D.C handgun] law was enacted, with homicides rising to 369 in 1988, from 188 in 1976 when the ban started. By 1993, annual homicides had reached 454.”
