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originally posted by: NonsensicalUserName
a reply to: ArnoldNonymous
what about something like a national/standardized conceal carry permit?
To estimate this we ran a couple simple regressions on the murder rate on the percentage of adult population with permits as well as without state and year fixed effects. There is a lot of noise in the estimates both because their permit number come from many different years as well as the estimated number of murders in 2013. These estimates have a great deal of measurement error and should only be taken as suggestive. That said, the simplest estimate regressing the murder rate on the percentage of the adult population with permits produces a coefficient and absolute statistics of -12.68 (1.66). With fixed effects, the estimate was 6.8 (0.82).
originally posted by: wulff
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.
Between 2007 and the preliminary estimates for 2013, murder rates have fallen from 5.6 to 4.4 per 100,000.
When criminals think THEY may become the victims they go after the 'softer targets'.
As much as anti-gun people want to admit, the statistics are showing drop in murder since states tired of the left attacking the constitution fight back!
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As much as anti-gun people want to admit, the statistics are showing drop in murder since states tired of the left attacking the constitution fight back!
originally posted by: BlackboxInquiry
I've said it for decades:
(and no I didn't coin it)
"An armed society is a polite one"
originally posted by: PhoenixOD
a reply to: wulff
As much as anti-gun people want to admit, the statistics are showing drop in murder since states tired of the left attacking the constitution fight back!
im glad the murder rates are dropping but as any scientist will tell you correlation does not imply causation.
originally posted by: thisguyrighthere
a reply to: wulff
There is not enough to show that permits are contributing much if anything to the reduction of crime.
Doesnt mean the stat is worthless.
At the very least we can say that more permits and more people carrying has not lead to an increase in crime as so many anti's have promised us would be the case.
I'm still waiting for the streets to run with blood. Been waiting 30 years now. Got my hip waders and everything.