CCW, do ya think it might be working? More Guns, Less Crime?

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By LARA JAKES JORDAN, Associated Press Writer
11 minutes ago



WASHINGTON - Crime dipped slightly for the first half of 2007, the FBI reported Monday, signaling a stop to a 2-year increase in violence nationwide.

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Violent crime — including murders, rapes and robberies — dropped by 1.8 percent between January and June last year, the FBI's preliminary data show. Property crimes also decreased, including a 7.4 percent drop in car thefts and arsons by nearly 10 percent.

But violent crime appears to be rising, if slightly, in small cities and rural areas, the data show.

The FBI data, compiled from local and state police departments around the nation, offer a snapshot of crime rates over the six month period. The numbers will not be finalized until later this year.

Still, the data appears to end two years of rising violent crime rates, which increased by 2.3 percent in 2005 and 1.9 percent in 2006.

"The latest numbers from the FBI are encouraging," Justice Department

Answer 1

Please forgive me and give me instruction if I am wrong, but it has been my understanding that violent crime rates have been declining since the late 1980's. In other words, violent crime has been in a decline since the movement for Shall Issue CCW Permits started gaining ground.



At the moment, I believe there are 41 states with CCW Permit laws, and over half of them are Shall Issue States. I also believe that you will find that crime rates are lower in states with CCW Permit Laws in place than in the no-CCW states, and the Shall Issue States will be shown as having lower crime rates than the discretionary states.



In study after study, convicted burglars have told interviewers that they were more afraid of encountering armed homeowners that cops. I'm pretty sure that street criminals are at least as cunning as burglars if not as smart. I'm sure they figured out that unarmed victims are safer to attack than armed victims, so they spend more time seeking unarmed victims rather than attacking random passersby.



I too enjoy quoting Heinlein's Armed Society quotation, but I actually prefer another. This one is from H. Beam Piper's "First Cycle." At a crowded railroad station, one person is fleeing, being pursued with shouts of "Stop!! Thief!!!" As the thief reaches the edge of the crowd and start to gain speed, he is shot down by a man in the crowd. As the shooter examines the body, the pursuer approaches with profuse thanks. The shooter shrugs it off with the comment, "Don't mention it. Anyone who sees a thief and doesn't shoot him just encourages the breed."



Doc

Answer 2

the only far greater regulations on weapons might ward off crimes regarding weapons may be if we crack down truly difficult on each and all of the present weapons and get rid of them from the gadget. suited now there are in simple terms too many weapons being offered and offered illegally. If greater regulations have been placed on gun possession, suited now, then if would desire to convey approximately greater crime, by way of fact the only human beings the recent regulations might influence are the regulation abiding human beings of the rustic. The criminals are going to have weapons no rely what, by way of fact they do no longer bypass approximately getting their weapons legally interior the 1st place. it would very difficult, and take an exceptionally long term for this subject to be thoroughly restoration.

Answer 3

Encouraging but completely made up...i know in Kansas City and New Orleans the crimes were way up....If anyone told you that crime here in Kansas city was down...They are liars and need to come visit a while!!!!

Answer 4

i don't see the connection between gun ownership and decreased crime anywhere in the report you cited as evidence.



people have owned guns in the usa for many generations - a one year change of 6.5% in murder rates can hardly be attributed to anything other than hard work of law enforcement.

Answer 5

"An armed society is a polite society."



Robert A. Heinlein