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« Pharmacist fired by Walgreens releases video | Main | Operation Gunwalker -- another agent comes forward »

FBI Uniform Crime statistics out

Posted by David Hardy · 20 September 2011 08:35 PM

State breakdown here.

Interesting trends on murder rates:

Massachusetts, probably strictest gun laws in the nation,: up by 22%.

Vermont, perhaps loosest in the nation, down by 13%

New Jersey, close runner-up to MA, up by 15%. NY UP BY 13%.

PA, far looser laws, down by 1.8%.

Florida, home of "shall issue" CCW, down by 4.3%

· Crime and statistics

5 Comments | Leave a comment

Major Mike | September 21, 2011 8:14 AM | Reply

Huh! That's confusing... what could it mean?

More non-criminals with guns equals less violent crime?

But, the PTB have told us the opposite all my life! Could they have lied?

wrangler5 | September 21, 2011 8:27 AM | Reply

Don't confuse me with the facts. My mind's made up.

LibertyNews | September 21, 2011 8:32 AM | Reply

You can't pick and choose your data (well, you can, but it doesn't mean what you think it means).

For example: Utah +36%, Illinois -8.7%, Minnesota +29%, Arizona +7%, Alaska +40%

Ken | September 21, 2011 9:04 AM | Reply

It's a well know fact (according to our politicians) that all the violent crime (AKA "gun violence", whether or not a gun was in any way involved) in Massachusetts is the direct result of lax gun laws in neighboring state, particularly New Hampshire and Vermont.

Harold | September 22, 2011 8:08 AM | Reply

Without going into much detail in this posting, can we really say that Massachusetts has "probably strictest gun laws in the nation"? NJ, Illinois and Hawaii have no concealed carry for normal citizens and Illinois and NY allow their biggest city to completely ban the possession of any firearms except to the anointed (and grandfathered in Chicago, if you keep renewing each year).

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