Little-Acorn
05-07-2013, 06:30 PM
The Bureau of Justice Statistics in the U.S. Dept. of Justice, issued a report today saying that gun crimes have fallen dramatically in the last 20 years. At the same time, a study from Pew Research indicates the same conclusion, even more strongly.
Liberals who have been insisting that we need to strengthen gun laws, restricting law-abiding people from owning and carrying their own guns, have not commented on the twin studies so far.
BTW, when it comes to Concealed-Carry permits, you know what a "shall-issue" state is as opposed to a "may issue" state, right?
In a "shall-issue" state, when you apply for a concealed-carry permit, they must issue it to you unless they can find a good reason not to (you are a felon, you are underage etc.).
In a "may issue" state, they can refuse you the permit for any reason at all, like if you didn't give them a good enough reason why you should have one. These are sometimes called "shall die" states, since it seems like that's what it takes to get a permit sometimes.
So now these reports come out, one from the U.S. Justice Dept, saying gun crimes have gone way down over the last few decades.
Do you suppose that has anything to do with the fact that the number of "shall issue" states has gone way up during the same period, and the number of "may issues" states had gone way down? In other words, a LOT more law-abiding citizens have been able to carry concealed weapons.
And what do you know? Gun crime went WAY down.
Naw, that couldn't have had anything to do with it. Nope, nope.
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http://www.wbay.com/story/22184729/reports-show-gun-homicides-down-since-1990s
Reports show gun homicides down since 1990s
Posted: May 07, 2013 11:12 AM PDT Updated: May 07, 2013 1:52 PM PDT
by ALAN FRAM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gun homicides have dropped steeply in the United States since their 1993 peak, a pair of reports released Tuesday showed, adding fuel to Congress' battle over whether to tighten restrictions on firearms.
A study released Tuesday by the government's Bureau of Justice Statistics found that gun-related homicides dropped from 18,253 in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011. That's a 39 percent reduction.
Another report by the private Pew Research Center found a similar decline by looking at the rate of gun homicides, which compares the number of killings to the size of the country's growing population. It found that the number of gun homicides per 100,000 people fell from 7 in 1993 to 3.6 in 2010, a drop of 49 percent.
Both reports also found that non-fatal crimes involving guns were down by roughly 70 percent over that period. The Justice report said the number of such crimes diminished from 1.5 million in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011.
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, a member of the Senate Republican leadership, said the figures show that gun control groups have emphasized the wrong approach to controlling firearms violence. "That's what many of us have argued all along, is that focusing just exclusively on the guns is not the correct approach to this," he said.
Liberals who have been insisting that we need to strengthen gun laws, restricting law-abiding people from owning and carrying their own guns, have not commented on the twin studies so far.
BTW, when it comes to Concealed-Carry permits, you know what a "shall-issue" state is as opposed to a "may issue" state, right?
In a "shall-issue" state, when you apply for a concealed-carry permit, they must issue it to you unless they can find a good reason not to (you are a felon, you are underage etc.).
In a "may issue" state, they can refuse you the permit for any reason at all, like if you didn't give them a good enough reason why you should have one. These are sometimes called "shall die" states, since it seems like that's what it takes to get a permit sometimes.
So now these reports come out, one from the U.S. Justice Dept, saying gun crimes have gone way down over the last few decades.
Do you suppose that has anything to do with the fact that the number of "shall issue" states has gone way up during the same period, and the number of "may issues" states had gone way down? In other words, a LOT more law-abiding citizens have been able to carry concealed weapons.
And what do you know? Gun crime went WAY down.
Naw, that couldn't have had anything to do with it. Nope, nope.
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http://www.wbay.com/story/22184729/reports-show-gun-homicides-down-since-1990s
Reports show gun homicides down since 1990s
Posted: May 07, 2013 11:12 AM PDT Updated: May 07, 2013 1:52 PM PDT
by ALAN FRAM
Associated Press
WASHINGTON (AP) - Gun homicides have dropped steeply in the United States since their 1993 peak, a pair of reports released Tuesday showed, adding fuel to Congress' battle over whether to tighten restrictions on firearms.
A study released Tuesday by the government's Bureau of Justice Statistics found that gun-related homicides dropped from 18,253 in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011. That's a 39 percent reduction.
Another report by the private Pew Research Center found a similar decline by looking at the rate of gun homicides, which compares the number of killings to the size of the country's growing population. It found that the number of gun homicides per 100,000 people fell from 7 in 1993 to 3.6 in 2010, a drop of 49 percent.
Both reports also found that non-fatal crimes involving guns were down by roughly 70 percent over that period. The Justice report said the number of such crimes diminished from 1.5 million in 1993 to 467,300 in 2011.
Sen. John Thune of South Dakota, a member of the Senate Republican leadership, said the figures show that gun control groups have emphasized the wrong approach to controlling firearms violence. "That's what many of us have argued all along, is that focusing just exclusively on the guns is not the correct approach to this," he said.