Posted on 02/16/2015 2:32:15 PM PST by richardb72
People walking the streets with guns pose a danger to others, right? With 12 million Americans across all 50 states now having concealed handgun permits, one would think that this question would have been settled one way or another.
In fact, contrary to the rhetoric by gun-control organizations, permit holders almost never use their guns to commit violent crimes.
Last Wednesday, The New York Times claimed “there should be no disputing” a new report, which claims there were 722 gun deaths nationwide from May 2007 to February 2015 that were not self-defense. The Times asserts: “The full death toll attributable to concealed carry is undoubtedly larger.”
The Times was too quick to trust the Violence Policy Center report. A cursory Google search would have shown the Violence Policy Center has a history of making up numbers.
The VPC keeps a record of permit holder abuses in each state. Take the claimed worst state, Michigan. The VPC cites state police and media reports indicating that permit holders committed 277 suicides or murders during the period from 2007 through 2015 (217 suicides and 60 murders). If accurate, a 38 percent share of all 722 deaths nationwide that the VPC attributed to permitted concealed handguns occurred in Michigan. . . . .
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Anti-gunners lying about FACTS?
More absolute proof that they have lost this argument.
Let’s not assume I am quick to believe gun-control rhetoric.
To leftists self defense counts as a violent crime.
Of course it’s a violent crime, you know how many laws we have passed to make sure young democrats have innocent victims to brutalize. That’s their Job, why should mere citizens be allowed to interfere by using a Gun? Got it!
You know I have 5 guns around my house that haven’t ever murdered or shot anyone since I’ve owned them. Think maybe I bought some that were just raised right?.../s
If one were to bother looking at the inconsistency of the left, it would be as much, if not more, rediculous than what they accuse us of on a daily basis. The left loves to complain about corrupt and brutal police, like Ferguson, but they ask for more Fergusons on a daily basis. How, well, when you take away guns from everyone, it’s now time to be stuck depending on cops for actual defense. Depend more on cops, and then there’s more general incidents where cops end up having to shoot people for various reasons.
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