"Theater shooting shows futility of gun control"

[ezkl2230]

A concise, well-written op-ed in today's (8/5/12) Appeal-Democrat. Here's a brief quote:

Less might be more when it comes to gun regulation. According to the Washington Times, violent crime peaked 25 years ago when just "a handful of states" had conceal-carry laws. To no coincidence, gun sales have increased over the past four years, and currently 41 states have differing versions of gun-carrying laws, yet violent crime has decreased according to the FBI in June. According to Pajamas Media, "States with the highest gun ownership have the lowest firearms homicide rates" and "States with the lowest firearms ownership average the highest firearm and non-firearm homicide rates."

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[Purple]

Fact's and data can set you free...as long as you can them to the table and widely published.

 

[fuhr52]

Evil people will do evil things. If guns cause crime why was violent crime lower back in the day everyone carried a gun. Seems to me the high crime areas back in the day were in the larger cities where carrying guns on city streets was forbidden.