After Gun Sale Surge, Violent Crimes Are Down

• December 22, 2009

After Obama was elected and gun sales surged, gun-rights advocates jokingly suggested that Obama be named the gun and ammo salesman of the year. What’s interesting is that surge in guns and ammo sales had undermined a liberal article of faith. Namely, the idea that more guns mean more crime.

Preliminary statistics released by the FBI for the first half of 2009 show that violent crime continues a downward trend that began in 2006. The figures show crime falling in all categories–robbery, aggravated assault, motor vehicle thefts, etc.–with murders down a remarkable 10 percent from the previous year.
The FBI statistics undermine a favorite argument of anti-gun groups and some mainstream media that “more guns equal more crime,” especially when you consider that the decrease in violent crime from late 2008 through the first half of 2009 occurred at the same time that firearm sales were surging.

What if crimes were the result of people acting in a criminal fashion and not the result of a gun simply being available to potential criminals? What if owning a gun didn’t make you more likely to commit a crime?
Seems like some liberals would need to re-think their world views. Of course, when it comes to liberal articles of faith, reality doesn’t matter.
(via Doug Leier)

Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics

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sayanything-2

Murder rates are down nationwide, except in those cities run exclusively by Democrats.
robert108

You still haven’t learned to do simple logic, hanni. Some things never change.

Obama’s election vastly increased the feeling(and reality) of despair in real Americans, so they bought guns to protect themselves from Obama’s fascism. As a consequence, criminals no know they are facing an armed populace, and think twice before committing violent crimes.
As usual with you lefties, it’s the law of unintended consequences.

You lefties don’t even believe in crime; you think it’s all about social disorder from unequal outcomes.
rcfrt

Or perhaps a better gauge would be to compare crime rates in areas where the Second Amendment is suppressed vs. those areas where the Second Amendment is respected…
sayanything-31589

They have also extended unemployment benefits to unheard of lengths of time…
bikebubba

If more government spending equals a reduction in crime, Hannitized, please explain why Washington, DC’s crime rate is always among the worst in the country. Same thing for Chicago, Detroit, and so on. You want to find crime? Look for a precinct that votes for Democrats and spends a LOT of tax revenues on “crime fighting programs.”

This actually puts the kibosh on the idea, for what it’s worth, that tough economic times cause crime, too. Now the hypothesis that criminals have been put on notice that their victims might be able to shoot back…..that one fits the data pretty well.
hannitized

More government spending = reduction in crime.

Hope wins every time. Obama being elected eliminated the feeling of despair.

It’s just as easy to create any causation that suits your need, when you are a simple minded moron. (looking at you Rob)

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