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Wednesday, May 22, 2002


An Armed Society Is A Polite Society

Great piece on Second Amendment rights at the Wall Street Opinion Journal.

My favorite paragraph:

The longer concealed-carry laws remain in effect, the more crime declines. The most startling chart shows the number of violent crimes in concealed-carry states. In the 10 years before the enactment of a concealed-carry law, violent crimes averaged a steady 510 per 100,000 people. In the 10 years after enactment they began to drop--to under 500 after five years and then a rapid decline to under 300 in year 10. For each additional year that the laws were in effect murders fell by an additional 1.5 percent, while rape, robbery, and aggravated assaults all fell by about 3 percent each year.

Runner up:

Even criminals are concerned about the Second Amendment, although from a different perspective. If a malefactor cannot know in advance who might have a gun, the risk of committing a crime will increase, so he will commit fewer crimes. Safer for him, and for us.