Posted on 07/22/2017 7:08:21 PM PDT by richardb72
A recent increase in law-abiding gun ownership bodes well for the country’s future.
The great arming is underway, and that’s a very good thing for our nation, for our culture, and for the relationship between citizen and state.
On Thursday, John Lott and the Crime Prevention Research Center published a comprehensive survey of the growth in concealed-carry permits in the United States. The numbers are stunning — not just in their growth, but in their depth and consequence. Here’s a sampling.
During Barack Obama’s presidency, the number of concealed-carry permit holders increased by a whopping 256 percent. The numbers have increased across multiple demographics, with a higher percentage growth for women than men and for black citizens than white. In eleven states at least 10 percent of the adults possess carry permits. All told, 16.36 million Americans have carry permits, a number that understates the amount of people who carry weapons, since 14 states “have adopted constitutional carry in all or part of the state” — which means that no permit is required for citizens to carry a gun. At the same time that carry permits have increased at an astonishing rate, violent crime has decreased, and concealed-carry permit holders remain remarkably law-abiding. From 2007 to 2015, murder rates decreased by 12.5 percent and “overall violent crime fell by 18 percent.”
At the same time, “the percentage of adults with permits soared by 190 percent.” And yet despite that growth, available data still indicate that permit holders are substantially more law-abiding than the police. For example, using data from Florida and Texas, Lott found that “permit holders are convicted of misdemeanors and felonies at less than a sixth of the rate for police officers.” . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at nationalreview.com ...
Sean Maloney (Of Second Call Defense) said on the Lock And Load Radio Show that he was asked, “What if you’re at home after work and have had a few adult beverages, and some thug kicks in your front door? Will the fact that you have been drinking in your home have any effect in your outcome in court?”
He said that self defense -especially in your home- is universal. SCD will still have your back in this scenario.
Sean is usually on Lock And Load every Wednesday evening, if you want to give him a listen.
http://lockandloadradio.com/
http://www.secondcalldefense.org
Whatever you say. It appears by your comments that you are emotionally invested in this particular case, to the point that no rational discourse is possible. Let’s just agree to disagree about it.
Thank you.
I don’t drink any more. I’m so boring. :)
Or pay a bribe to a governmental official to obtain permission to exercise a God-given, Constitutionally-protected right.
AMEN!
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