Posted on 09/27/2010 3:46:03 PM PDT by JohnRLott
President Obama undoubtedly didn’t intend it, but he deserves some credit for the recent report that all violent crime rates dropped in 2009, murder rates by 7.4 percent, robbery rates by 9 percent: His election caused gun sales to skyrocket, and crime rates to plummet.
Gun sales started notably rising in October 2008, and sale really took off immediately after Obama won the presidential race: 450,000 more people bought guns in November 2008 than bought them in November 2007. That’s over a 40 percent increase in sales. By comparison, the change from November 2006 to November 2007 was only about 35,000. Over the last decade, the average year-to-year increase in monthly sales was only 21,000. . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Kennesaw, where everyone is armed by law
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2595796/posts
I did my part, purchased a AR15 and 3 hand guns. And I got my Texas Conceal Carry. All things that Obama caused me to get around to doing.
Too bad you lost them when your car went off the bridge into the river. Real shame.
The purpose of gun control isn’t the reduction of crime, it is intended to open the door to tyranny.
seems to be a real rash of that going around...
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