Reply #193: and this

[iverglas]

Concealed Carry Laws aren't about crime reduction
Although that is a nice side benefit. More criminals are less likely to attempt to victimize others when they know they could be killed in the process.

... will of course explain why violent crime rates in the US rose in both 2005 and 2006 ...



http://www.cnn.com/2006/LAW/06/12/crime.rate/

Monday, June 12, 2006; Posted: 10:24 p.m. EDT (02:24 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Murders in the United States jumped 4.8 percent last year, and overall violent crime was up 2.5 percent for the year, marking the largest annual increase in crime in the United States since 1991, according to figures released Monday by the FBI.

Robberies nationally increased 4.5 percent, and aggravated assaults increased 1.9 percent, while the number of rapes last year fell 1.9 percent, the report said.

Crime increased most noticeably in several categories in many mid-sized cities and in the Midwest.

Law enforcement authorities and criminologists reacted cautiously, uncertain whether the preliminary statistics for 2005 signal the end of a long downward trend in crime or simply a one-year anomaly.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/24/AR2007092400444.html

Tuesday, September 25, 2007; Page A07

Violent crime in the United States rose more than previously believed in 2006, continuing the most significant increase in more than a decade, according to an FBI report released yesterday.

The FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting Program found that robberies surged by 7.2 percent and homicides rose 1.8 percent from 2005 to 2006. Violent crime overall rose 1.9 percent, substantially more than an increase of 1.3 percent estimated in a preliminary FBI report in June.

The jump was the second in two years, following a 2.3 percent rise in 2005. Taken together, the two years represent the first steady increase in violent crime since 1993, FBI records show.

Not seeing final 2007 figures, but whatever they are, they won't negate the 2005 and 2006 figures.