The Down Range Forum
Member Section => Down Range Cafe => Topic started by: ericire12 on July 19, 2010, 02:45:19 PM
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http://www.opposingviews.com/i/more-handguns-in-u-s-streets-safer-than-ever
Since 1980, the number of handguns has increased 50 percent, and the nation's murder rate has decreased 52 percent. After Chicago imposed handgun registration in 1968, murders in the city increased. After D.C. banned handguns in 1976, its murder rate rose 201 percent through 1991, while the U.S. rate increased 12 percent. After Chicago banned handguns in 1982, its murder rate increased 49 percent through 1994, while the U.S. rate decreased one percent. And in the year following the repeal of D.C.'s handgun ban, its murder rate decreased 24 percent. In sum, the number of handguns is at an all-time, and the nation's murder rate is at a 45-year low.
Talk amongst yourselves 8)
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Well I jest declay-uh.....who'da evah thunk it?
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TAB claims to have a degree in mathematics....I assume that includes percentages!
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http://www.opposingviews.com/i/more-handguns-in-u-s-streets-safer-than-ever
Talk amongst yourselves 8)
But you KNOW gun control and crime control have nothing to do with one another. ;D