States with favorable concealed carry laws have lower rates of crime than states with restrictive concealed carry laws.
Overall, the homicide rate for states with favorable carry laws is 31% lower, and the robbery rate is 36% lower, than for states with restrictive concealed carry laws. States which have recently changed their laws have experienced reductions in homicide rates. Since 1987, when Florida enacted a favorable CCW law, its homicide rate has dropped 22%, even while the national rate has risen 15%. Only .007% of Florida CCW permits have been revoked because of a crime after licensure.
Self- Defense
There are more than 2.1 million protective uses of firearms each year, far more than the number of violent criminal gun uses reported by the FBI. Most self-defense uses do not involve discharge of a firearm. In only 0.1% of defensive gun uses is a criminal killed, and in only 1% is a criminal wounded. A Department of Justice-sponsored survey found that 40% of felons had chosen not to commit at least one specific crime for fear their victims were armed, and 34% admitted being scared off or shot at by armed victims. U. S. Department of Justice victimization surveys show that the protective use of a firearm lessens the chance that a rape, robbery or assault attempt will be successfully completed and also reduces the chance of injury to the intended victim.
Background Checks Do Not Disarm The Violent Criminal Population
- 93% of handgun predators had obtained their most recent guns "off-the-record"
- they can easily get fake IDs or use surrogate buyers, known as "straw purchasers," to buy their guns
I feel that it is important to have a weapon for self defense, but they should make more restrictions on who they sell guns to. They should try to stop the people selling "off-the-record" guns.
ReplyDeleteThere should be a better system to to verify if someone should or should not be allowed to own firearms. From the statistics shown, background checks are unsuccesful. If 93% of handgun predators get their guns off the record, something needs to be done by the police to protect the people the predators are going after.
ReplyDeleteGuns could definitely be useful in a time of self defense. Maybe there should be background checks on people before they are allowed to buy guns.
ReplyDeleteI think that guns should be allowed in homes if kepy in a lock box or gun cabinet where children cannot get to them. There is backgrounf checks alreadt done before you buy a gun. I think everyone has a right to a weapon for self defense.
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