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In reply to the discussion: Gun ownership up, crime down [View all]Pholus
(4,062 posts)100. And based on *that* statement...
I don't think I'd care if you had a gun in the room. It really is a function of the person...
Our wives share at least one opinion...
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Looks like better law enforcement, surveillance, aging population, etc., is working.
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#4
Ask families of victims of Zim, Stawicki, Loughner, Holmes and unreported intimidation by
Hoyt
Aug 2012
#38
However if skyrocketing gun ownership and concealed carry were large factors in the equation ...
spin
Aug 2012
#89
Who says the car driver "actually took a competency test first that had consequences for failure"?
Jenoch
Aug 2012
#103
Every anecdote involving gun violence is proof that guns are the problems
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#28
Do you remember a few years back when we had an epidemic of pretty white girls being kidnapped?
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#29
And home invasions are down thanks to semi-autos capable of repelling multiple assailants.
Remmah2
Aug 2012
#83
Interesting. I'd never thought of that, but it's probably a factor. Thanks! n/t
TPaine7
Aug 2012
#37
so . . . do you think that the reason for this decrease is because of the increase in guns?
DrDan
Aug 2012
#31
If someone were to make the argument that more ice cream necessarily means more crime
4th law of robotics
Aug 2012
#46
During this same time frame, 25 years. the eradication of Lead in the environment
WCGreen
Aug 2012
#59