Gun ownership in the U.S. is way up, and homicide rates are way down. You would not think that, based on the liberal media screaming for immediate disarmament, and the Democrat congress demanding gun confiscation. They insist they only want “common sense gun control,” but that is just code for confiscation. Look at places like Washington D.C., or liberal California where obtaining a gun is becoming more and more difficult.
John Lott was a Harvard professor of statistics who was adamantly anti-gun did some research, and low and behold, he also found that more guns meant less crime, so he wrote a book with the same name some years ago. The Left cannot refute the numbers, so they just ignore the statistical evidence. But it is out there, with sources like the FBI providing key numbers.
In 2014, the most recent year available, the FBI reported the U.S. homicide rate to be 4.5 deaths per 100,000 of population. In fact, homicide rates have fallen dramatically since about 1990, even as gun sales have been growing. One might argue that gun control laws have increased in that same period, thus gun control laws have helped to decrease the homicide numbers, even with the dramatic increase in gun ownership. However, by going back a few years to the 1950’s and 1960’s, it is seen that homicide rates were even lower at a time when gun control laws were virtually non-existent. Statistically speaking then, gun control laws cannot be shown to have any affect whatever on the homicide numbers.
If you ask most Americans today about the crime rate in the U.S. today, they will not be aware that the homicide rate is at a 50-year low.
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It is not about the Guns, it is about control. The U.N. wants to control America and they know they can’t do it if We have our Guns.Our Traitor President had John Kerry sign a U.N. Treaty for Arms control. Our Constitution does not allow that unless Congress agrees. Look up THE NEW WORLD ORDER AGENDA 21 total World$#%&!@* Google it or watch videos on You Tube.
Roflmao…probably because it’s not quite true….
It’s Right to Bear Arms as the 2nd Amendment States should not interfer with FEDERAL STATUTES
Darrin Kolich, Bobby Sager, Rick Ryder
Well whoever let that information out in the FBI’s going to get fired when Obama finds out.
Whats the liberal explanation
Been trying to tell all this for years
It makes sense that if the bad guy doesn’t know if are carrying he thinks about his actions a little more. It would probably make for a more civilized world if everyone did carry.
Gee I wonder why…thugs are getting nervous….they don’t know who’s carrying lol
Hmmmm! Imagine that ! When they don’t know if you are armed or not….most of the time even thievs err on the side of caution !