Friday

More guns = Less Crime

The statistics referred to below are nationwide:

According to the FBI, the number of violent crimes of all types declined in 2009 by 5.3 percent and property crimes declined 4.6 percent. In fact, the rate of violent crime declined 6.1 percent below 2008 figures.

AND....

According to data from the FBI’s National Instant Background Check System (NICS), 2009 was the best year on record for gun sales. According to the NICS figures, 14 million guns were sold in 2009, the biggest year since the system began recording data in 1998.

Hmmmmm...

Read more here.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Which means that Guns do Save Lives indeed.

Chief Instructor said...

Silly guy.... why let facts get in the way of a good Brady-backed scare campaign?