Despite Being A Top Gun-Owning State, North Dakota Recorded Exactly Two Murders In 2008
Reason #1,215,789 why I love living in North Dakota:
North Dakota may end 2008 with the lowest number of murders in at least 30 years, Attorney General Wayne Stenehjem says.
Stenehjem said North Dakota has averaged about 11 homicides annually for the past several years, after a high of 22 in 1993. He said 16 homicides were reported last year, but only two so far this year.
Homicide and other violent crime statistics have been kept since 1978, he said.
“It’s always good when we’re down, but these numbers can be roller coasters,” Stenehjem said. “Still, two is way better than the 16 we had last year.”
Now keep in mind that North Dakota is one of the top gun-owning states in the nation. According to this Washington Post poll, North Dakota ranks 5th in the nation in gun ownership rates with over 50% of residents having a gun in their household. That’s a higher gun ownership percentage than Texas. By far. And North Dakota has some of the most lax gun control laws in the nation as well.
According to the logic used by the gun control nuts, North Dakota should be ripe with murder and armed robbery. But we’re not.
So what does that prove? I think it proves that there is no correlation gun ownership and gun crime. A high rate of gun ownership does not engender crime, therefore gun control laws aren’t likely to do anything about crime.
