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Gun Control & RKBA

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4. How odd, crime is down while firearms sales reached all time highs

Wed Nov 12, 2014, 01:17 PM

Nov 2014

but I keep being told that more guns = more crime.

Seems some that post here ignore unpleasant facts that don't fit their agenda. Such dishonesty!

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The FBI violence stats for 2013 are out. [View all] benEzra Nov 2014 OP

It's not just homicides; all crimes are down. Jackpine Radical Nov 2014 #1

Good point about total crime being down! benEzra Nov 2014 #2

a real contributing reason for drop in crime jimmy the one Nov 2014 #3

Your post shows that gun ownership has kioa Nov 2014 #5

repeat jimmy the one Nov 2014 #7

BJS & gallup jimmy the one Nov 2014 #17

bjs murder rates stats jimmy the one Nov 2014 #18

Guns per capita vs murder rate. kioa Nov 2014 #19

california apples, florida oranges jimmy the one Nov 2014 #20

This message was self-deleted by its author friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #22

buy a new deck of cards jimmy the one Nov 2014 #24

You are now contradicting what you've been claiming in the other thread friendly_iconoclast Nov 2014 #25

et tu jimmy the one Dec 2014 #27

Um, yeah. blueridge3210 Dec 2014 #28

'Tragic canoeing accidents'. AtheistCrusader Nov 2014 #16

How odd, crime is down while firearms sales reached all time highs Lurks Often Nov 2014 #4

such dishonesty jimmy the one Nov 2014 #6

I am struck by decline in handgun homicides. Eleanors38 Nov 2014 #10

a claim of 50,000/year melm00se Nov 2014 #13

Here you go, I was wrong, it was 190,000 in 2012....... Logical Nov 2014 #15