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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Duh??? When armed you are on a level playing field. Not rocket science!
Even Congress can not infringe on the 2nd Amendment
BECAUSE THE MEDIA EATS S**T
Except in Chicago. Which is a gun free Zone.???? At least on paper. The bad guys will always be able to get guns.
Has anyone told Obama that gun crimes are going down, or do we all know he just wants us defenceless.
of course homicides have dropped because the CRIMINAL doesn’t know if his VITIMS HAVE GUNS TOO. that is what will keep crime DOWN. Donald Trump For President
who wants to attack somebody when they have the ability to defend themselves. criminal are looking for weak and easy targets
Liberals be like…”No, no, this can’t be. The FBI must be getting their statistics from Fox News”
as soon as a government makes it citizens unable to protect themselves from the government you are then a slave regardless of what country you are in
Are you listening anti-gun people?