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Sorry: Still No Proof Gun Control Decreases Murder and Mayhem
Observer ^ | 03/01/17 | Selwin Duke

Posted on 03/22/2017 8:23:13 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer

In this age of waxing laws and waning freedoms, a notable exception to the pattern of ever-tightening restrictions is gun prohibitions. New Hampshire no longer requires a license for the carrying of a concealed, loaded firearm; Florida is considering eliminating all “gun-free zones” (e.g., at schools); and Iowa may institute a “Stand your ground” provision and lower the age at which children could use handguns, to cite a few examples.

[...]All this stokes another fear: that the U.S. will become a gun free-for-all zone of murder and mayhem. But does data justify this concern?

(Excerpt) Read more at observer.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; control; guns; laws; murder
Great ammunition to use against anti-gun liberals. As the article says, "Contrary to myth, the U.S. is not Death-and-destruction Central."
1 posted on 03/22/2017 8:23:13 AM PDT by Paladins Prayer
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To: Paladins Prayer

And to think, it began in 1962 with a call to register handguns only!
Then with the murder of John Kennedy a call to register ALL firearms and ban 5 shot army surplus rifles.

Then in 1968 Bobby Kennedy was murdered by a PALESTINIAN IMMIGRANT and the news media led America into an anti-gun anti-violence hysteria which has not let up to this day.


2 posted on 03/22/2017 8:34:24 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar ( "You know Caligula?" --- "Worse! Caligula knows me!")
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To: Paladins Prayer; mylife; Joe Brower; MaxMax; Randy Larsen; waterhill; Envisioning; AZ .44 MAG; ...
But...but...but the media says guns have a mind of their own.

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3 posted on 03/22/2017 8:34:38 AM PDT by PROCON (Defending the Border isn't a Political Option, it's a Constitutional Obligation ~ Rick Perry)
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To: Paladins Prayer

Now that we have this news from Britain the Democrats will just switch to knife control and demand we disarm our cops to be fair to Jahadis.


4 posted on 03/22/2017 8:49:00 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: Paladins Prayer

Remove blacks, latinos, and ragheads from the stats and...you’ll get America circa 1950.


5 posted on 03/22/2017 8:53:29 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Long live Yoga Pants! ( and boycott 84 lumber. Let's bankrupt the bastards!))
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To: Paladins Prayer

Gun control has never been about decreasing crime. It has always been about disarming the people so that they are helpless against the tyrannical, totalitarian government that Democrats have in mind for us.


6 posted on 03/22/2017 9:04:58 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: Paladins Prayer

It DOES, however, minimize armed self-defense.


7 posted on 03/22/2017 9:07:53 AM PDT by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: Beagle8U

Even with those groups, the US ranks something like 128th out of 196. Take those out and it would drop to 170th.


8 posted on 03/22/2017 9:08:54 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Conservatives love America for what it is. Liberals hate America for the same reason.)
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To: Paladins Prayer

Liberal scientific method - First you make your conclusion and then you ignore any data that might disprove it.


9 posted on 03/22/2017 9:20:02 AM PDT by mbynack (Retired USAF SMSgt)
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To: Paladins Prayer

My tagline explains gun control in my lifetime.


10 posted on 03/22/2017 9:33:22 AM PDT by paulcissa (Democrats want you unarmed so they can kill you.)
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