Many moons ago, back when I was a (very) amateur criminologist, I owned 10+ years of the FBI's uniform crime index reports. I did a correlation between the Brady bunch's grade of gun laws and the murder rate - not "gun murder rate" - but overall; same for violent crime, rape, etc.
In each case, there was - as anyone with three brain cells might suspect - a strong negative correlation between how "good" they thought the gun laws were, and the actual murder rate of the state. Not perfect, but IIRC the R^2 was statistically significant.
When everyone is armed people tend to simmer down a bit and have some respect. This is one thing I loved AZ for.. open carry as you wish (at least when I was there). They can keep that ridiculous heat and endless shades of brown coloring though. (Yes, I was in PHX and areas South).
Not counting the news outlets or websites along the full range of accuracy and veracity, I follow multiple actual individuals' handwritten blogs. (Bot news aggregators don't thrill me.) Looking them over, many are current serving or former military and a couple are some variation of high-speed low-drag elite forces ninjas. Or just funny as all. Because life without humor is just despair. So in other words, the same folks I trusted in the military not to wet the bed, sh*t themselves, or otherwise run around like headless Nancys, are the same folks I trust on the interwebz, for demonstrating pretty much the same trustworthiness and circumspectly responsible behavior. Color me shocked.
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Anyone want to venture a wild guess as to which political party controls the cities and states that are in that other half?
Many moons ago, back when I was a (very) amateur criminologist, I owned 10+ years of the FBI's uniform crime index reports. I did a correlation between the Brady bunch's grade of gun laws and the murder rate - not "gun murder rate" - but overall; same for violent crime, rape, etc.
In each case, there was - as anyone with three brain cells might suspect - a strong negative correlation between how "good" they thought the gun laws were, and the actual murder rate of the state. Not perfect, but IIRC the R^2 was statistically significant.
Firearms are the very essence of freedom.
And safety
When everyone is armed people tend to simmer down a bit and have some respect. This is one thing I loved AZ for.. open carry as you wish (at least when I was there). They can keep that ridiculous heat and endless shades of brown coloring though. (Yes, I was in PHX and areas South).
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