... the end of the summer of 2000, a naked man broke into a Merced, California, home and used a pitchfork to stab to death 9-year old Ashley Carpenter and her 7-year-old brother, John. Three other sisters barely escaped, with two "bleeding from dozens of puncture wounds." Little Ashley bravely slowed down the killer as she held on to his leg while screaming, "Stop ... crime rate. But quite the opposite happens, the laws of Europe and Australia are a perfect example of how strict regulations and gun bans effects the crime rate. In 1996 the U.K. banned private handgun ownership. Prior to that...

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