Instead of a gun buy-back, one nonprofit is fighting crime through gun giveaways in high-crime neighborhoods.
The gun control debate wages on with both sides standing firmly in their convictions, and still no can agree on what exactly will deter crime; gun enthusiasts are sure that an increase in gun ownership is the answer to safer streets, while gun-control advocates remain steadfast that the opposite is true.
But a controversial organization in Houston claims it’s about to settle the argument; the Armed Citizen Project is supplying firearms to residents in a high-crime Houston neighborhood in order to determine a causal link between more private gun ownership and lower crime rates.
The group’s founder, Kyle Coplen, tells TakePart, “It's our hypothesis that criminals do not want to die in your hallway. We think society should use that fear to deter crime.”
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