In 2009, more and more Americans became licensed to carry a concealed weapon. According to the “National Instant Criminal Background Check statistics,” there was “an increase of 25 million background checks from a total of 75 million to 100 million initiated by Type 01 federally licensed firearms retailers between April 5, 2007, and April 4, 2009.”
Bill Brassard at Buckeye Firearms Association notes, there was a decline in violent crime in 2009, leading a person to doubt the liberal argument that more guns equal more crime:
Preliminary statistics released by the FBI for the first half of 2009 show that violent crime continues a downward trend that began in 2006. The figures show crime falling in all categories–robbery, aggravated assault, motor vehicle thefts, etc.–with murders down a remarkable 10 percent from the previous year.
The FBI statistics undermine a favorite argument of anti-gun groups and some mainstream media that “more guns equal more crime,” especially when you consider that the decrease in violent crime from late 2008 through the first half of 2009 occurred at the same time that firearm sales were surging.
The most popular firearms selling at that time were handguns and modern sporting rifles (AR-style rifles)–two types of firearms that anti-gunners never miss an opportunity to demonize.
An American uses a firearm defensively every 13 seconds. With more guns on the street in the hands of law abiding citizens, I wonder if that number isn’t lower now.
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Well, what do you know about that? We have been trying to tell them this little tidbit of information for years and the gun control advocates refuse to believe it.
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Duh!! Lets see does he/she have a gun? Should (alleged) perp rob/mug/murder/threaten them or not? Is (alleged) perp smart enough to figure this out? If enough of the (alleged) perps get shot, crime should go down.
Shouldn’t it?
It did! It did!!
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Gun ownership just doesn’t stop crime, but also is our last line of resistance to tyranny. No wonder the govt. wants to rid us of our guns….see what it did to the criminals…i.e. got rid of them.
Finally, someone just wrote a great book on a small town in America that stands up to federal tyranny & ends up starting the 2nd American Revolution. It’s a great book for 2010 & what’s coming nxt. I recommend it to all gun owners.
History may now be calling on each of us to find our destiny & fulfill our legacy in life. Great book to read.
http://www.booksbyoliver.com
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Yes, as a matter of fact I do have a question: Why do some people still pretend not to understand the Second Amendment? Why do they pretend that the Second Amendment is about hunting rights? Our founding fathers wrote extensively about the purpose of our right to “keep and bear arms”. They made no bones about one of the most foundational, God-bestowed rights: Self Defense. That is defense of one’s person, family, property and comunity from criminals, outside threats and tyranical-out-of-control-gun-hating govenments. I realize that was more than one question.
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Thanksfor this post. One of my favorite sign posted in int he Ozarks – “Trespassers beware: There is nothing past this point worth your dying for.”
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