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>In fact, a number of books, one by a professor at Florida State
University, has proven your
statement incorrect. There is more than ample proof that the death rate
goes up when gun ownership
Read <More Guns, Less Crime> by John R. Lott Jr. ISBN 0-226-49363-6. It'll
open your eyes.
Consider Table 5.4 on page 104. "Crime and county data on
concealed-handgun permits: Pennsylvania counties with populations greater
than 200,000"
Percent of change in the crime rate due to a one percent change in then
number of right-to-carry permits/population over 21 between 1988 and each
year since the law was implimented:
Violent crime: -5.3%
Murder: -26.7%
Rape: -5.7%
Aggravated assault: -4.8%
Robbery: 1.2%
Property crime: -0.12%
Auto theft: 1.5%
Burglary: -1.4%
Larceny: 0.7%
Percent of change in the crime rate due to a one percent change in the
arrest rate for the crime catagory:
Violent crime: -0.79%
Murder: -0.37%
Rape: -0.08%
Aggravated assault: -0.76%
Robbery: -0.84%
Property crime: -0.41%
Auto theft: -0.065%
Burglary: -1.1%
Larceny: 0.13%
That's one page. The book is 220 pages long. Read every one of 'em.
Clearly an armed populace has a greater effect on crime than does an armed
constabulary. What else does this tell us about the failure of our
comparatively recent experiment with palming off the collective duty of
every citizen, every human, to protect each other onto a tiny handful of
corrupt, cowardly, mercenary goons who don't even do the job? After a
century and a half of progressively increasing failure, it's time to learn
waht the expiriment has to teach, call it quits and to go back to the
tried and true way, armed citizens.
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