Patrik Jonsson of CSM.com wrote about the decades-long debate over whether guns raise or lower crime: The oft-cited credo that more guns equal more crime is being tested by facts on the ground this year: Even as gun ownership has surged in the US in the past year, violent crime, including murder and robbery, has dropped steeply. Add to that the fact that many experts had predicted higher crime rates as the US grinds through a difficult recession, and the discrepancy has advocates on both sides of the Second Amendment debate rushing to their ramparts. More at Christian Science Monitor...
One of my favorite quotes about guns: Statistically, doctors are approximately 9,000 times more dangerous than gun owners. Remember, Guns don't kill people, doctors do. Fact: Not everyone has a gun, but almost everyone has at least one doctor." Source: Rense.com
RELATED:
- Kentucky Right-to-Carry Reform Measure to be Heard on February 25, 2010
- Concealed-Carry News from KC3.com
- Nine Myths of Gun Control
- Allied Illinois Markswomen
- NRA-ILA :: Right-to-Carry 2009
- don't worry, be happy - own a gun
- U.S. Concealed Carry Association
- Texas Concealed Handgun Association
- Concealed Carry - Kansas Attorney General
- Common Arguments - ConcealedCampus.com
- Gun Facts - Your guide for debunking gun control myth
- Students for Concealed Carry on Campus - ConcealedCampus.com
- Attorney General announces First Quarter 2009 CHL statistics (Ohio)
- ICarry.org Illinois and Wisconsin Right to Carry Concealed Carry ...
- Statistics show concealed carry saves many lives - Collegiate Times
No comments:
Post a Comment
Thanks for commenting! Keep it classy.