My Springfield XD .45 ACP (top) and my Kahr .40 S&W at Red's Indoor Range
Shocking, I know. It seems that the more legally owned guns that are out there in the hands of law abiding citizens the more crime decreases. Part of that whole “an armed society is a polite society” thing.
This data obviously does not include guns illegally purchased (with tax payer dollars) and sold to drug cartels by the ATF, as those gun-related crimes and murders are on a decided uptick these days…
Via our good friend at the Daily Caller:
Despite increases in gun sales, gun crimes continued to decrease in the United States for the fourth straight year in 2010, according to the FBI.
The FBI recently released its Crime in The United States statistics for 2010. Overall, murders in the U.S. have decreased steadily since 2006, dropping from 15,087 to 12,996. Firearms murders — which made up 67 percent of all murders in the U.S. in 2010 — have followed this trend, decreasing by 14 percent.
At the same time that firearms murders were dropping, gun sales were surging. In 2009, FBI background checks for guns increased by 30 percent over the previous year, while firearms sales in large retail outlets increased by almost 40 percent. The number of applications for concealed carry permits jumped across the country as well.
I just bought another handgun this month — and haven’t committed a single new crime since! Seems like the best thing to ever happen to the gun industry was electing a staunchly anti-second amendment President like Obama…
And where are gun-crimes most likely to occur? That’s right — in cities with the most restrictive gun rights:
Broken down by firearms murder rate per 100,000 people, the District of Columbia is number one, with 16 firearms murders per 100,000 people in the District.
D.C. also topped the list of firearm robberies per 100,000 people with 255.98.
Yet D.C. arguably has the tightest gun laws in the country. Although an outright ban on handguns was struck down by the Supreme Court in 2008, legislators ensured the new regulations for obtaining a registered handgun would be anything but easy.
“When guns are outlawed, only the outlaws will have guns” indeed.
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It IS downright funny that in being elected president, barry managed to stimulate the one industry that he despises (probably) the most….Firearms.
Didn’t I see a report that gun sales went up 200% in the months right after the election ?
And for many months after that stores couldn’t keep ammo on the shelves, it was selling so fast.