On Fri, 20 Apr 2007 07:36:57 -0400, "CB" wrote:
"nebulax" wrote in message
.. .
"We are captives, the majority here, of the NRA. To hell with the NRA!
What
about the society? I don't get it." - Rep. Alcee L. Hastings, D-Fla
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2007/...n2698141.shtml
The more guns 'LAW ABIDING CITIZENS' have the less a dirt bags will have to
carry out dirt deeds!
It's not the gun you ass, it's the criminal mind that puts thought into
action
Yesterday, one of the major proponents of Right To Carry laws was on
CNN once again during Virginia Tech coverage claiming that people
packing guns kept the crime rate down, if teachers were allowed to be
toting handguns things like this wouldn't happen, blah, blah, blah.
His major claim was that the crime rate dropped everywhere Right To
Carry laws were instituted. So I decided to do a quick survey and it
turns out that yes, crime rates have dropped in those states. However,
crime has dropped roughly the same rate in the two states that still
don't have any concealed carry laws at this date, Illinois and
Michigan. Crime has generally been dropping since the mid-80s whether
or not concealed carry laws have been put on the books.
He also trotted out one of those occasions where vigilanties prevented
crime. Well, with 12,000 plus gun-related murders a year, and
something like 30,000 gun deaths of all kinds a year, I'm not sure if
it really matters that a handful of lives have been saved by some
amateurs lucky enough not to have killed bystanders or themselves.