Week of October 4, 1999

GUN-CONTROL vs. TERRORIST-CONTROL

by Dr. Andrew Bernstein
Senior Writer, Ayn Rand Institute

FULTON’S COMMENTARY ON THIS ARTICLE:

Andrew Bernstein is largely on target: it is the person, not the weapon, that is the cause of crime. More fundamentally, however, it is the ideas held by the person that is the cause of crime. And Bernstein is mistaken about one point: Clinton and his statist supporters do not really believe guns are the cause of crime. This is only propaganda put forth by statists to disarm gun owners. For a detailed explanation of the cause of crime and the motives of gun opponents, see The Cradle of Crime, the third chapter in Fatal Blindness.

Fulton Huxtable
October 4, 1999

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http://www.aynrand.org/medialink/faln.shtml