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Posted on 12/28/2004 3:23:29 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
| 'No Credible Evidence' That Carrying Concealed Weapons Laws Decrease Crime | |
| Press Release Contact: Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort P.O. Box 170393 Milwaukee, WI 53217 Phone: 414-351-9283 'No Credible Evidence' That Carrying Concealed Weapons Laws Decrease Crime According to a New Report From the National Academy of Sciences: Statement by Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort Gun Lobby Shoots Blanks on False Claims That Wisconsin Families Will Be Safer If Residents Are Allowed to Carry Hidden and Loaded Handguns in Public Places MILWAUKEE -- A new report released from the National Academy of Sciences (NAS), "Firearms and Violence," found "no credible evidence" that carrying concealed weapons laws decrease crime. The gun lobby has long claimed that carrying hidden and loaded handguns on the streets and in public will make families and communities safer, despite overwhelming opposition from Wisconsin law enforcement officials and Wisconsin voters. However, the new National Academy of Sciences report casts doubt on the research underlying the claims that carrying concealed weapons laws reduces crime. Although the NAS said more data is needed to assess CCW laws, the finding that there is "no credible evidence" that concealed weapons laws reduce crime concurs with similar findings from researchers across the country. The NAS report also found no "increase" in crime as a result of CCW laws, although previously researchers at Stanford and Yale law schools did find marginal increases in crime. "One would hope this report from the National Academy of Sciences would signal the end of the relentless agenda by the gun lobby to permit carrying concealed weapons in Wisconsin," said Jeri Bonavia, Executive Director of the Wisconsin Anti-Violence Effort. "Many of the most esteemed researchers and professors in this country could find no positive benefit in passing carrying concealed weapons legislation. Common sense would dictate that since Wisconsin has such a low crime rate, and CCW is soundly opposed by law enforcement officials and the public, lawmakers should focus on issues that really matter to families such as strengthening our schools and providing jobs." The report, which examined a host of gun violence prevention measures including CCW laws, called for a comprehensive national effort to collect accurate data on gun ownership and gun violence incidents in order to evaluate the effectiveness of gun violence prevention measures. The National Academy of Sciences said researchers need accurate data on the number of guns manufactured and distributed, access to crime gun trace data, and more information on patterns of gun ownership and types of weapons owned in order to adequately assess policies to reduce and prevent gun violence. Gun violence prevention organizations have long supported efforts to collect more data to implement a national public health approach to reducing gun violence, but the gun lobby in America has systematically blocked those efforts that could lead to a reduction in crime and gun violence. |
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I agree. Based on this report, the logical answer is to not infringe, if that's ever OK anyway, on CCW rights.
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Makes sense. However, recently home invasions and carjackings have become a real problem in North Texas. I don't know for sure, but I'd wager it's a problem in Houston as well.
Recently we've seen a rash of home invaders who seem adept at getting the drop on armed homeowners.
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In Texas, wearing a pistol openly on your hip, as you suggest might not mean you're looking for trouble, but it does mean that you're going to be arrested in the next 20 minutes.
It bears noting that Kennesaw's law was meant to be symbolic and that no one is actually required to own or carry.
There are no laws anywhere that actually compell anyone to own or carry. Such a law would be struck down in a moments notice. Kennesaw's law is admittedly and openly symbolic, written with no penalty for disobedience so it couldn't be challenged in court.
"My response to the article would be a simple, who cares? My handgun increases my odds of surviving an assault. Whether or not it lowers the overall crime rate is irrelevant."
Exactly!!!!
Personally, if I'd been the driver, I'd have shot the car-jacking bastard. Oh well; we all have a differing methodology in crime reduction.
How, pray tell, are they able to do that?
If perps are going in with the idea that they are going to get the drop on the homeowner then the perps are either crazy loons or drugged out. Their type of enterprise is always more successful if they go in when homeowners aren't at home.
It's not about guns, it's about the vast hard left wing conspiracy to control, take total power and destroy America and freedom. It's just one part of their plan. Control the media, control the schools, rewrite history, distort reality and take over.
Well, details are hard to come buy, as I haven't read or seen any description on how it was done, but from the sketchy details it seems like a very simple two-fold answer: 1) They avoid houses with dogs
2) They're in the house before the homeowner can go for a gun.
I confess, I'm guilty. I'm a gun owner, and I possess a CHL, and right now, I'm a long way from a gun. However, I have dogs that would alert me early and allow me to get to mine. I hope.
I know a MMM'er. She is clueless about the 2nd Amendment, freedom, rights, etc. She is absolutely convinced that her way is the only way and that she is smarter than the NRA. She has a bitch's attitude also.
Bite Me minionmoos, Brady I've already challenged you in person snd you did not want to respond so GO AWAY
Remember in Florida right after they passed their CCW? The car-jackers and other mutts started attacking tourists, especially near airports.
Why tourists? They could tell because they were driving rental cars that they had flown in, and would not have guns in their cars.
Not one of the million mommies is going to acknowledge the significance of this.
I wonder what this group considers to be "credible evidence"? As you clearly posted, this article is directly contradictory to most all of the evidence I have seen.
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