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Gun Control & RKBA

benEzra

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2. Good point about total crime being down!

Reply to Jackpine Radical (Reply #1)

Tue Nov 11, 2014, 05:16 PM

Nov 2014

Fingers crossed that the trend continues. Honestly, when the economic downturn hit in 2008 I expected the crime rate to increase, but it continued to fall.

Fingers crossed that things continue to improve.

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The FBI violence stats for 2013 are out. [View all] benEzra Nov 2014 OP

It's not just homicides; all crimes are down. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #1

Good point about total crime being down! benEzra Nov 2014 #2

a real contributing reason for drop in crime jimmy the one Nov 2014 #3

Your post shows that gun ownership has kioa Nov 2014 #5

repeat jimmy the one Nov 2014 #7

No, gun ownership has been steady since the mid-1990s, while murders decreased 50%. benEzra Nov 2014 #9

BJS & gallup jimmy the one Nov 2014 #17

bjs murder rates stats jimmy the one Nov 2014 #18

Guns per capita vs murder rate. kioa Nov 2014 #19

california apples, florida oranges jimmy the one Nov 2014 #20

Hardly. Both my & your examples show zero correlation between guns per capita & murder rates. kioa Nov 2014 #21

This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #22

We weren't supposed to notice that TX has more guns per capita and less murder than CA friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #23

buy a new deck of cards jimmy the one Nov 2014 #24

You are now contradicting what you've been claiming in the other thread friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #25

"I have a sneaking suspicion you're not playing with a full deck of cards. " blueridge3210 Nov 2014 #26

et tu jimmy the one Dec 2014 #27

Um, yeah. blueridge3210 Dec 2014 #28

Oh, really? Did a bunch of guns just disappear? Did they magically vaporize? NYC_SKP Nov 2014 #12

'Tragic canoeing accidents'. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #16

How odd, crime is down while firearms sales reached all time highs Lurks Often Nov 2014 #4

such dishonesty jimmy the one Nov 2014 #6

"You are well aware of what I've just posted"-and it's just as true now than it was then friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #8

I am struck by decline in handgun homicides. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #10

50,000 stolen guns a year are more than enough to supply all the criminals with guns..... Logical Nov 2014 #11

a claim of 50,000/year melm00se Nov 2014 #13

What? That is only guns stolen from FFL holders. Not home burglarys, etc. Not sure..... Logical Nov 2014 #14

Here you go, I was wrong, it was 190,000 in 2012....... Logical Nov 2014 #15