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Thursday, July 10, 2014

Murder Rate Drops As Concealed Carry Permits Rise, Study Claims

A dramatic spike in the number of Americans with permits to carry concealed weapons coincides with an equally stark drop in violent crime, according to a new study, which Second Amendment advocates say makes the case that more guns can mean safer streets.

The study by the Crime Prevention Research Center found that 11.1 million Americans now have permits to carry concealed weapons, up from 4.5 million in 2007. The 146 percent increase has come even as both murder and violent crime rates have dropped by 22 percent.

“When you allow people to carry concealed handguns, you see changes in the behavior of criminals," said the center’s president, John R. Lott, a Fox News contributor. “Some criminals stop committing crimes, others move on to crimes in which they don’t come into contact with victims and others actually move to areas where they have less fear of being confronted by armed victims.”

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5 comments:

  1. AnonymousJuly 10, 2014 at 2:32 PM

    Didn't need a "study" to know this fact. I guess a minority of our citizens prefer to be an easy target.

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  2. AnonymousJuly 10, 2014 at 3:15 PM

    A move out of the state of Maryland may just save your life.

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  3. AnonymousJuly 10, 2014 at 5:25 PM

    Yep guess what state they go too...for easy pickens

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  4. AnonymousJuly 10, 2014 at 7:27 PM

    Thank for this post. Love truth...

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  5. AnonymousJuly 10, 2014 at 8:37 PM

    Its evident a Dem din't post this ... its the truth.

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