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Philadelphia: Fatal Self-Defense Shootings Soar as Concealed Carry Applications Rise
breitbart.com ^ | 6/20/2022 | AWR Hawkins

Posted on 06/20/2022 11:07:25 AM PDT by rktman

The Philadelphia Inquirer reports that justifiable homicides are rising in Philadelphia as concealed carries surge in the city.

The Inquirer lists three recent incidents in which individuals legally carrying concealed firearms shot and killed their assailants.

The paper then noted, “These sorts of deadly clashes in which the intended victims survive and assailants die are rare in Philadelphia, but are becoming more common as a growing number of people have legally armed themselves amid rising numbers of carjackings, shootings and homicides.”

The Inquirer observes that “justified homicides jumped 67 percent from 2020 to 2021.” And 2022 is on pace to surpass the number of justifiable homicides witnessed last year.

Philadelphia’s deputy police commissioner Benjamin Naish said, “We have seen an increase in the number of people that have been applying for and receiving a permit to carry. I think that they are concerned about their safety, and they’re carrying it legally, which is the big difference.”

On June 18, 2022, Breitbart News highlighted a CBS Philly report showing the highest annual number of concealed carry permit applications the city received between 2017 and 2020 was 11,814.

In 2021, the number of concealed carry permits skyrocketed to 70,790.

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To: rktman

People defending themselves and their families? It’s called justice.... The way it should always be!!


41 posted on 06/20/2022 11:47:09 AM PDT by high info voter (Delivery )
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To: rktman

https://aliengearholsters.com/blog/the-complete-50-state-guide-to-concealed-carry-laws/


42 posted on 06/20/2022 11:48:30 AM PDT by Pollard (If there's a question mark in the headline, the answer should always be No.)
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To: rktman

Dems want to reduce the numbers of criminals killed by taking away your guns.


43 posted on 06/20/2022 11:49:31 AM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (Inside every leftist is a blood-thirsty fascist yearning to be free of current societal constraints.)
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To: rktman
The paper then noted, “These sorts of deadly clashes in which the intended victims survive and assailants die are rare in Philadelphia, but are becoming more common as a growing number of people have legally armed themselves amid rising numbers of carjackings, shootings and homicides.”

As should be.

It’s a great way to reduce recidivism.

44 posted on 06/20/2022 11:49:54 AM PDT by metmom (...fixing our eyes on Jesus, the Author and Perfecter of our faith….)
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To: PROCON

Fewer democRATs is what this sounds like.


45 posted on 06/20/2022 11:50:00 AM PDT by MtnClimber (For photos of Colorado scenery and wildlife, click on my screen name for my FR home page.)
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To: rellic
Thanks for the insight...👊🏼
46 posted on 06/20/2022 11:53:02 AM PDT by aMorePerfectUnion (Fraud vitiates everything. )
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To: Pollard

Thanks for the update. If I need to cross the state line, it’s good info to have. If (and it is VERY seldom) I need to go over to Cali to play some music, I have to make sure the truck is cleaned out just on the off chance I get stopped.


47 posted on 06/20/2022 11:53:08 AM PDT by rktman (Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this? 😕)
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To: rktman

For commie big city newspapers, killing in self-defense is lumped in with criminal homicide because the papers are supporters of every form of moral perversion, not just sexual.


48 posted on 06/20/2022 12:02:27 PM PDT by pierrem15 ("Massacrez-les, car le seigneur connait les siens" )
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To: rktman
justified homicides jumped 67 percent from 2020 to 2021.

"Justified" meaning the right guy got shot. Consider it successful social engineering.

49 posted on 06/20/2022 12:03:38 PM PDT by Billthedrill
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To: rktman

Liberals enraged and saddened by the trend.


50 posted on 06/20/2022 12:06:42 PM PDT by TigersEye (Shall not be infringed!)
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To: rktman

Police have been increasingly hesitant to use deadly force, fearing a riot response. Citizens protecting their lives don’t care.

2019 FBI UCR (the latest available)
340 police justified homicides (down from 457 in 2015)

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-14.xls

386 civilian self-defense homicides (up from 333 in 2015)

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2019/crime-in-the-u.s.-2019/tables/expanded-homicide-data-table-15.xls

There are now more criminals being killed by civilians in self defense than by police (MUCH more, since the FBI table only counts those self-defense homicides which were initially classified as self-defense, not those which a court later decided was self-defense)


51 posted on 06/20/2022 12:08:22 PM PDT by PapaBear3625 (We live in a time where intelligent people are being silenced so stupid people won’t be offended)
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To: rellic

Fair enough. Missing fathers is a huge issue in the community in question.

That said, and for what it’s worth, your original comment had more than a hint of menace.


52 posted on 06/20/2022 12:12:58 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: EEGator

Been called a “hauli” BTW...in sketchy curcumstances on Maui...wisely hightailed it...lived to tell the tale, happy to say!


53 posted on 06/20/2022 12:17:42 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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To: one guy in new jersey

Ha’ole. “No breath”.
Some aren’t too fond of white people.
I visit the big island and know locals so I don’t get harassed.


54 posted on 06/20/2022 12:20:20 PM PDT by EEGator
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To: one guy in new jersey

I’m a sort of Christian guy, no menace intended.
I am focused, however.


55 posted on 06/20/2022 12:24:03 PM PDT by rellic
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To: rktman
“These sorts of deadly clashes in which the intended victims survive and assailants die are rare in Philadelphia, but are becoming more common as a growing number of people have legally armed themselves amid rising numbers of carjackings, shootings and homicides.”

I predict violent crime will drop drastically in the near future.

The majority of violent crimes are committed by a small number of criminals. Generally under 100 in any area. Begin to remove these people and violent crime goes down. And while fiction tells you that you have just created a "power vacuum" that some petty criminal will rise to fill that is just not the way it actually works. You have to have something seriously wrong with your soul to enact violence on someone who has done you no wrong. There are just not that many people like that and as you remove the malevolent from the community the ones who might be inclined in that direction are discouraged from going down that path.

56 posted on 06/20/2022 12:25:40 PM PDT by Harmless Teddy Bear (It is better to light a single flame thrower then curse the darkness. A bunch of them is better yet)
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To: rktman

What the government refuses to do, the public steps up and
does.

No trial. No soft sentences. No millions wasted...
No officers having to deal with this treacherous person.

I say this is a good start. I hope it does increase
each year.


57 posted on 06/20/2022 12:27:01 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (I pledge allegiance the flag of the U S of A, and to the REPUBLIC for which it stands.)
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To: rellic

We don’t have many blacks.

Sounds like Japan.

Crime Stats: compare key data on Japan & United States::

https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/compare/Japan/United-States/Crime


58 posted on 06/20/2022 12:28:08 PM PDT by Grampa Dave (Has anyone, recehently, seen a Biden sticker on any vehicle and in particular at/in a gas station!!!)
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To: rktman

So it’s working to protect the innocent.

This cannot be allowed to continue.


59 posted on 06/20/2022 12:28:45 PM PDT by gitmo (If your theology doesn't become your biography, what good is it?)
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To: EEGator

Even happier to have hightailed it having now heard the literal translation!


60 posted on 06/20/2022 12:32:01 PM PDT by one guy in new jersey
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