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2010-09-17 Home Front: Culture Wars

Violent Crime Declined As Gun Sales Climbed in 2009

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Posted by Q 2010-09-17 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ] Top

#1 Those two things are unrelated, however.

They are both caused by global climate modification. Manmade modifications.

Posted by Bobby 2010-09-17 06:43|| 2010-09-17 06:43|| Front Page Top

#2 I thought a major cause of the drop in violent crime was the significant drop in the number of poorly educated, unmarried males aged 15-30?

Posted by trailing wife 2010-09-17 10:57|| 2010-09-17 10:57|| Front Page Top

#3 This is nothing, more or less, than a refutation of the gun-grabbers arguments that guns cause crime.

These two things may have none, little, some or a lot of a causitive relation. Or this could be a case of correlation with no causation, Kinda like my getting up and the sun rising, BUT, this totally disproves the idea that there is a causitive relation between increasing gun ownership and increasing crime.

No, I'm not so naive to believe that this will slow them down one iota.

Posted by Alan Cramer 2010-09-17 11:33|| 2010-09-17 11:33|| Front Page Top

#4 I have never seen a video of a gun walking into a store and robbing it.

Posted by chris 2010-09-17 13:52|| 2010-09-17 13:52|| Front Page Top

#5 "It's a MYSTERY!"

Posted by mojo 2010-09-17 14:25|| 2010-09-17 14:25|| Front Page Top

#6 John Lott has settled the science on this one. More guns = less crime. That said, there is almost certainly going to be a bottom to this curve where additional guns produce fewer and fewer benefits.

Posted by Iblis 2010-09-17 18:39|| 2010-09-17 18:39|| Front Page Top

#7 "Fox Butterfield, subject to several home invasions and serial rapes, most surprised!"

Posted by Frank G 2010-09-17 21:00|| 2010-09-17 21:00|| Front Page Top

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