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Nov. 27, 2012 3:55pm

The Associated Press scratches their heads with the latest news out of Virginia: Gun sales up, gun-related crimes down. Hmmm:

Gun-related violence has fallen steadily since 2006 in Virginia despite record firearm sales, according to a university professor’s analysis.
Virginia Commonwealth University professor Thomas R. Baker compared state crime data from 2006 through 2011 with gun-dealer sales estimates obtained by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

Baker’s analysis shows the number of gun purchases soared 73 percent in the six-year period, while gun-related violent crimes fell 24 percent.

Baker, who specializes in research methods and criminology theory, said the comparison seems to contradict the premise that more guns lead to more crime in Virginia.

Hm, indeed.  It’s almost seems as if the right to bear arms was meant to help keep people safe, or something.

“While there is a wealth of academic literature attempting to demonstrate the relationship between guns and crime, a very simple and intuitive demonstration of the numbers seems to point away from the premise that more guns leads to more crime, at least in Virginia,” Baker concluded.

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Comments (3)

  • taintso
    Posted on November 28, 2012 at 12:08pm

    Back in the 70′s when the Phoenix police went on strike the crime went to almost nothing. The crooks were afraid that the armed people would use their guns and they, the crooks had no police protection. Ask any court or cop it is the crooks that have rights.

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  • noslave
    Posted on November 27, 2012 at 7:49pm

    duuhhh?if your a robber/thug who would you rob??an armed citizen that could shoot you azz dead??or like in n.y. etc. a surely unarmed victim, thugs are not known for their bravery, so they seek out politically correct places where they wont get hurt??

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  • Teufulhunden2001
    Posted on November 27, 2012 at 4:33pm

    You know, the sad thing is, this truth should be self evident. I am an avid gun owner and proponent of everyone owning one. If a criminal has the fear that someone with a gun (that knows how to use it) is waiting on the other side of a house door their trying to break into, they are sure as hell going to think twice about breaking in. This fear might not stop the outright brazen criminal, but it will most certainly stop 99% of potential criminals from crossing that line. I tell everyone in my family, after training them in the use of our guns, that if someone enters our home who does not belong there, fire until they’re on the ground and not moving. Don’t go for the wound, go for the kill. I wholeheartedly feel that if every American took their right to bear arms seriously, there would be next to no violent crime in this nation. As for this “administration”, I feel that Obama and his subordinate clowns need to wake the hell up. Because one of these days, they are going to try too hard to take the rights of the wrong group away and we are going to come knocking. If you go looking for the devil long enough, you might just get to meet him. All libs BEWARE!! We are out here and unlike you……WE ARE ARMED!!!

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