Security ... think about it!
For those that have been following the news, Jamaica has been going through a lot of violence as the authorities there try to find Christopher Coke. As the numbers rise daily on the number of people who have died in the gun fights between the government and the gangs, it prompts a question that many people often wonder whenever there is gun violence: do gun bans actually limit the number of crimes committed with a gun? When trying to answer that question, it is important to look at the numbers. Jamaica, despite the numerous killings going on right now, normally has 60 murders for every 100,000 people a year. For a small island of only 3 million people, that’s a lot of yearly murders. But, what is interesting to note is that before the 1974 handgun ban in Jamaica, there were far fewer murders. But, when the guns were taken out of the hands of law abiding citizens, suddenly something very serious happened…
