Firearms are easier to carry than a canon....
This report of plunging “firearm-homicide” comes from Barry and Holder’s own DOJ! Whoever in DOJ released it might need “witness protection” from the GOP.
The WaPo writer desperately tries to trumpet the HUGH and SERIES percentage of homicides still related to firearms...even though those PLUNGED in number, TOO!
The mass media has misused the First Amendment a hell of a lot more than the citizens of this country have misused the second amendment.
quite a "loophole" , those gunshows.
FLASH: Chicago still not enforcing gun laws!
WHO is doing all that shooting?
Wasn’t there a recent report that murders are committed in larger numbers with items other than those with firearms?
Blacks are 7x more likely to be killed by a gun.
= Guns are racist.
I’m working on my limp pasta killing machine.....
When I perfect it, it will move to number one....
I used to do a lot of business travel in Asia where guns are not common.
If some one is nuts enough to commit a murder, they will find another weapon. Such as knives .... and hammers (both popular out there).
Even if homicides double, I am for more gun freedom, and for more people owning guns. Even if homicides are multiplied TENFOLD, I am still for more people owning guns.
How many thwarted robberies, rapes and murders involved a gun?
Could it be that with homes, autos and some small businesses are armed against crime that fewer of those crimes are being committed? Could it be that, at least on the margin, criminals are making a rational trade-off of not risking their lives?
Here comes the sping.........
So, gun crimes are down at the same time gun ownership and guns sales are at an all time high. If we use the same kind of prima facie cause-and-effect logic used by the gun grabbers, then I would maintain that increased gun ownership and sales have CAUSED gun crimes to decrease, and therefore we need even MORE gun ownership and gun sales. That way, gun crimes would go down even more.
Who knows, this might even be a correct inference, given that:
1. An armed society is a polite society.
2. More good guys with guns than bad guys with guns is gonna make bad guys committing crimes with guns much more dangerous (to the bad guys).
“Overall, the Justice Department report said, firearm-related homicides dropped from 18,253 homicides in 1993 to 11,101 in 2011”..
Consider these stats while keeping in mind the number of guns in the population in 1993 was far, far less - probably a good 20-30 million less, than there were in 2011, and even more now.
It destroys the argument that more guns in the hands of people result in more gun deaths. It destroys the argument that it makes people less safe to own a gun.
Gun deaths decreasing steadily for 20 years, with 20-30 million more guns bought during these times, is proof more guns do not equal more gun violence/gun death.
Further all the states during these 20 years who have passed concealed carry, there have been NO wild west stories, the CCW holders have not gone crazy and shot up everyone in sight. There is NOTHING truthful at all about the objections and supposed scare theories the left bleats everytime they can get in front of a camera.
Take the firearms away and watch the urban youth kill each other with knives, axes, clubs and fists. The homicide rate will remain high in the urban center until the cultural and moral decay is addressed and society begins demanding personal accountability. Which means as long as progressives are in charge urban murder rates will remain high no matter what weapons are banned.
There are lies, damn lies,and then there are statistics -
Mark Twain
According to DOJ crime statistics, guns are used by US citizens 2.5 million times per year to prevent violent crimes like rape, robbery, home-invasion and carjacking, 99% of the time without a shot being fired. (Source: GunFacts.info)