Posted by Tina
Mediaite reports on a study of 30 years of crime statistics and gun laws. The results were positive for responsible gun ownership:
A study published in the latest issue of the academic journal Applied Economics Letters took on many of the claims made regularly by advocates of stricter gun laws. The study determined that nearly every claim made in support of stronger restrictions on gun ownership is not supported by an exhaustive analysis of crime statistics.
The study, “An examination of the effects of concealed weapons laws and assault weapons bans on state-level murder rates,” conducted by Quinnipiac University economist Mark Gius, examined nearly 30 years of statistics and concluded that stricter gun laws do not result in a reduction in gun violence. In fact, Gius found the opposite – that a proliferation of concealed carry permits can actually reduce incidents of gun crime.
A gun manufacturer in Colorado will be moving his operation to Texas and Wyoming. Texas gets to make them and Wyoming gets to be the distributor. Colorado will lose hundreds of good paying jobs and taxpayers because of their emotion driven gun laws.
Even Detroit’s police chief has changed his mind.
Unexpected? Detroit Police Chief Says Armed, Law-Abiding Americans ‘Translates Into Crime Reduction’:
“In a crime-ridden city dominated by progressives, one might not expect the police chief to advocate citizens protecting themselves. But that’s exactly what happened in Detroit on Thursday.
Detroit Police Chief James Craig was speaking at a press conference at police headquarters when he revealed how his opinion of concealed carry permits radically shifted over the years.
Detroit Police Chief James Craig Defends Concealed Carry Permits
“Coming from California, where it takes an act of Congress to get a concealed weapon permit, I got to Maine, where they give out lots of CCWs [carrying concealed weapon permits], and I had a stack of CCW permits I was denying; that was my orientation,” Craig, who had a 28-year career with the LAPD remarked.
“I changed my orientation real quick. Maine is one of the safest places in America. Clearly, suspects knew that good Americans were armed,” he added.
Craig was appointed chief of police for the Portland, Maine Police Department on May 4, 2009, before returning to Detroit as chief of police July 1, 2013.”
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http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/01/04/unexpected-detroit-police-chief-says-armed-law-abiding-americans-translates-into-crime-reduction/
I think I’m detecting a lapse in reasoning here. Could it not be that states with more restrictive gun laws have these because they also have more urban density and poverty … and these are the factors that contribute to increased interpersonal violence generally, and gun violence particularly, since that’s what’s as issue in the study?
Yes, a definite lapse in reasoning.
You will have to find me a state with urban density, poverty, lax gun laws, and THEN a reduced gun violence rate.