Missourian
Diamond Member
The simple fact is morons like you have been claiming dire calamity in every State that has approved open and concealed carry and it simply HAS NOT HAPPENED.
In fact violent crime is at a 50 year low.
That is correct, violent crime is down. Take it one step further, what is the cause of this effect?
In absolute honesty Wry, I have no evidence to draw a direct cause/effect relationship between more open carry, conceal carry, castle doctrines, and safe traveler laws with lower crime and and the lowest violent crime rate EVER RECORDED in the United States...but I can make a logical correlation.
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In a recession, historically, crime rates rise...during this recession, crime is not just low...it is at the lowest rate ever recorded!
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The anti-2nd Amendment crowd claimed for years that more CCW carried weapons on the street would turn America into a wild west shooting galery...and yet violent crime is at the lowest rate ever AND police officer deaths are ALSO at a 50 year low.
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More guns, less crime, safer police.
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What has changed?
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Fact 1:
Nearly every state issued Concealed Carry permits by 2005.
Borrowed this with permission from Wikipedia here.
Fact 2:
In 2005, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, violent crime hit the lowest levels ever recorded in the United States:
According to the DOJ violent crime is also at an all time low:
Violent crime rates have declined, reaching the lowest level ever in 2005.
Fact 3:
In 2008, according to the FBI, police officers killed in the line of duty were reduced to a 50 year low:
.Fewer Police Officers Killed in Line of Duty in 2008
- Dec 31, 2008
This year is ending as one of the safest years for U.S. law enforcement in decades. The number of officers killed in the line of duty fell sharply this year when compared with 2007, and officers killed by gunfire reached a 50-year low.
Based on their analysis of preliminary data, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) and Concerns of Police Survivors (C.O.P.S.) reported on Dec. 29 they found that 140 officers have died in the line of duty this year, a 23 percent reduction from the 2007 figure of 181. Other than 1996, when 139 officers were killed, 2008 represents the lowest year for officer fatalities since 1965, when 136 officers died in the line of duty.
This year's reduction includes a steep, 40 percent drop in the number of officers who were shot and killed, from 68 in 2007 to 41 in 2008. The last time firearms-related fatalities were this low was 1956, when there were 35 such deaths. The 2008 figure is 74 percent lower than the total for 1973, when a near-record high 156 law enforcement officers were shot and killed.
Fewer Police Officers Killed in Line of Duty in 2008 -- Occupational Health & Safety
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