Posted on 08/15/2016 9:46:06 AM PDT by John Semmens
The number of Americans with concealed carry gun permits has surged by more than 200% since Obama became president. There are now more than 14 million authorized to carry concealed firearms.
Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn) called this trend "frightening in the extreme. We ought to be reducing the number of people carrying weapons, not increasing them. Reversing this trend has got to be a focal point for Democrats in this election cycle. Ideally, only police ought to be carrying firearms. Making sure the right person is elected president will be crucial to achieving this goal."
The notion that an increase in concealed carry permits is a bad thing is confounded by a number of statistics. A study published by the Crime Prevention Research Center shows that concealed carry permit holders are more law-abiding than police. Among police, firearms violations occur at a rate of 16.5 per 100,000 officers. Among permit holders the rate is 2.4 per 100,000. Easier access to guns is also linked to lower crime rates. In states that allow concealed carry without a permit the murder rate was 31% lower and the violent crime rate was 28% lower than in states where obtaining a permit is the most difficult.
Murphy was unmoved by the data, though. "As I remember, the crime rates in the former Soviet Union, where only the police were allowed to have guns, was even lower than what was cited by the Crime Prevention Research Center," the Senator recalled. "So, I think the case for total abolition of private ownership of guns is the stronger one."
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Excellent, as always!
Where’s the satire? This sounds, unfortunately, all too close to straight news.
Make Criminals of honest law abiding folks. That’s all that will happen.
Drive gun sales to the black market. That’s the ticket.
People who have never broken a law in their life WILL break the law if it means they remain armed.
The Government is so good at stopping immigrants and drugs that guns should be easy.\s
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