RSSMore Guns (Or Fear Of Them) Still Mean Less Crime
J.J. Jackson | December 30, 2008
It is not that hard to understand. Only the most insane of criminals pick on someone they suspect is armed, perhaps better armed than them, and prepared for the attack. Why? Because criminals don’t want to die. What they want is to take something and get away. Weapons in the hands of their potential victims make them think twice.
Yet again, another study shows this:
Mark Duggan and Randi Hjalmarsson of the University of Maryland and Brian A. Jacob of the University of Michigan teamed up to examine the evidence in a scientific study of the impact of gun shows on murder and suicide and accidental deaths.
What they found is shocking because it supports the headline above.
They looked at 3,417 gun shows in two very different states – Texas and California – during an 11-year period. And they examined vital statistics data on suicides, homicides and accidental gun deaths in the weeks following them.
What were the results?
“We find a sharp decline in the number of gun homicides in the weeks immediately following a gun show,” they concluded. Furthermore, in Texas they found “gun shows reduce the number of gun homicides by 16 in the average year.”
Once again, here’s hard evidence of the theory that more guns equals less crime. And it shouldn’t shock us. It only does because we’ve been so conditioned to accepting the illogic of the gun-grabbers that states the opposite as fact – without any evidence to support it.
Think about it.
If you are a criminal, are you more likely to target someone who is armed or unarmed?
The answer is as obvious as the .45 on my desk.
Criminals seek out victims who are not going to fight back or offer resistance, let alone shoot them.
Guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens means they are less likely to become victims.
Anyone who disagrees with this simple, straightforward logic should be required to post a sign on the outside of their home or office that says: “Gun-free zone.“
Year after year, liberals run around telling us that easy access to guns by the people (a right enshrined in the second amendment) is why we have so much crime. We are told that events like gun shows are where people buy guns to murder their spouses and commit crimes. We are told all sorts of fanciful tales but never the truth – that more guns in the hands of the law abiding citizens of America deters criminals from acting against them and forces them to seek easier prey.
Inconvenient maybe. But the facts none the less.
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