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As a follow up to UKexcop's earlier emotional tirade and expressed distrust of lawful Brits, I submit the following as he did use the USA as an example.
Report From Liberal Cable Outlet Shows That More Guns Equals Fewer Firearms Deaths
http://tinyurl.com/y9vy9aa
In this decade, the gun-homicide rate has fallen to 4.07 per 100,000,
which equates to a 28 percent
reduction in homicides with the use of
firearms. This decline in homicides
follows a five-fold increase in a
"shall-issue" (requirement of a permit to carry a concealed handgun,
but where the granting of the permit is subject only to meeting
certain criteria laid out in the law) and unrestricted concealed-carry
laws in states from 1986 to 2006, reported MSNBC.com.
According to federal background checks conducted on the sale of most
firearms, the decline in homicides comes as U.S. firearm sales are
skyrocketing.
While the number of gun sales held stable between 8.5 million and 9
million from 1999-2005, the FBI reported a rise in sales to 10 million
in 2006. In 2007 the number jumped to 11 million; in 2008, up to 13
million; and more than 14 million in 2009 -- an increase of 55 percent
in four years.
The nation's highest gun homicide rates are in Washington, D.C., with
20.50 deaths per 100,000 people, five times the general rate. Yet the
District of Columbia has the strictest gun-control laws in the nation.
The lowest rate of gun-related homicides is in Utah: 1.12 deaths per
100,000 people. Utah's gun-control policy is very unrestricted.
According to SAF's Gottlieb, gun control advocates "repeatedly argued
that more guns will equate to more crime and more firearm deaths, and
MSNBC.com just let the air out of their sails with this exhaustive and
well-balanced report.
Yata hey