Americans increasingly feel owning a gun = safety
Posted: Wed Jul 22, 2015 2:20 pm
Nice article by John Lott.. Lots of nice stats and trends to use in future debates with anti-gun friends... I especially love the shoutout to TX and FL which I've pasted below the link. What a genius move keeping stats here in TX....
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"Permit holders are extremely law-abiding — even more law-abiding than the police who are rarely convicted of crimes. The latest data from Texas and Florida continue to show that permit holders are convicted of misdemeanors and felonies at less than a sixth the rate that police officers are.
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"Permit holders are extremely law-abiding — even more law-abiding than the police who are rarely convicted of crimes. The latest data from Texas and Florida continue to show that permit holders are convicted of misdemeanors and felonies at less than a sixth the rate that police officers are.
Read more at http://www.philly.com/philly/blogs/thin ... YCZM4Lq.99" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;"