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jmg257

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14. It doesn't really matter, does it? CCW holders will tell you it is NOT

Reply to LaydeeBug (Original post)

Fri Dec 21, 2012, 09:52 AM

Dec 2012

about reducing crime in general, it is for reducing crime against them.

Anyway. there seems to be no direct correlation between the number of guns and crime levels. Crime levels go up, crime levels go down, but the number of guns steadily rises.

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Please help me (re gun control) [View all] LaydeeBug Dec 2012 OP

Crime rates have plummeted, worldwide, over the past two decades Recursion Dec 2012 #1

The explanation I've seen for the fall in crime rates globally... Spider Jerusalem Dec 2012 #4

Yep. This is what I bring up whenever somebody rags on environmentalism Recursion Dec 2012 #5

It's true that the violent crime rate has declined over the past 15 years... LAGC Dec 2012 #2

Yeah. There is no proof that the CC laws contributed to or were the sole cause of lower crime rates. geckosfeet Dec 2012 #3

The point is to regulate massacre-friendly guns and ammo BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #6

Which would those be? pipoman Dec 2012 #11

You tell me BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #12

You're the one making the suggestion.. pipoman Dec 2012 #13

Well, that's "semi-autos that accept detachable magazines" Recursion Dec 2012 #15

I will await the judgment of finer minds than yours and mine BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #19

I spotted five factual errors in that article just while skimming Recursion Dec 2012 #20

Apparently, your mind is made up BeyondGeography Dec 2012 #21

Freak them out and point them to the Harvard (I think?) JanMichael Dec 2012 #7

Factcheck has written about this extensively. rgbecker Dec 2012 #8

Coorelation doesn't necessarily imply causality. n/t truth2power Dec 2012 #9

As has been said, a lot of things pipoman Dec 2012 #10

It doesn't really matter, does it? CCW holders will tell you it is NOT jmg257 Dec 2012 #14

Just out of curiousity, where does your friend live? Jeff In Milwaukee Dec 2012 #16

She was raised in Western MD (read: Kentucky) and now lives in Austin. nt LaydeeBug Dec 2012 #17

There is only one place that more guns is the proven... 99Forever Dec 2012 #18

Data show no change. X_Digger Dec 2012 #22

No. Concealed carry laws do NOT make crime go down. DanTex Dec 2012 #23

There may be corrolation, but no causation. rrneck Dec 2012 #24

There is some evidence sarisataka Dec 2012 #25

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR ALL OF YOUR HELP. It is added to my arsenal. LaydeeBug Dec 2012 #26

License to carry is not that useful, actually. You can't carry in almost any place. Honeycombe8 Dec 2012 #27