Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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14. Would you like to know how I know those 'concerns' are bullshit? Behold:

Sun Aug 7, 2016, 04:44 PM

Aug 2016

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1172181197

http://wwlp.com/2015/11/10/i-team-guns-licenses-jump-by-66-in-massachusetts/

Gun Ownership in MA Increases 66% since 2010

CHARLEMONT, Mass. (WWLP) – As the debate over gun laws continues, more and more people in Massachusetts are getting their gun license. The 22News I-Team discovered the amount of licenses in the state has grown by more than 65 percent since 2010.

The number of legal gun owners in Massachusetts is growing. The 22News I-Team obtained and analyzed state data showing how many people have a license to carry from 2009 to September 2015. .

378,642 people or one in every 14 adults has a gun license in Massachusetts. Up from 227,612 in 2010. A 66% increase.

Gee, I wonder what happened to murder and aggravated assault rates in Massachusetts
while the number of firearm owners increased by two-thirds...

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10tbl05.xls

Massachusetts

Murder 3.2/ per 100,000 inhabitants

Aggravated Assault 331.8/100,000

https://ucr.fbi.gov/crime-in-the-u.s/2014/crime-in-the-u.s.-2014/tables/table-5

Massachusetts

Murder 2.0/100,000

Aggravated Assault 267.6/100,000

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Some inconvienent statistics for MA rifle ban supporters: [View all] friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 OP

That is very interesting Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #1

Stop using facts on them, that's mean and unfair! Lurks Often Aug 2016 #2

This of necessity does not take into account the very likely increase in future long gun deaths due Ford_Prefect Aug 2016 #3

Some questions and data: discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #4

Damn, those pesky facts again Duckhunter935 Aug 2016 #5

Excellent reply, but I rather doubt your trenchant observations and questions will get a response friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #8

Landfills are going to be gold mines in the future. ileus Aug 2016 #7

Of course market saturation applies. benEzra Aug 2016 #9

Would you like to know how I know those 'concerns' are bullshit? Behold: friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #14

Overall violent crime rate also went down, from 466.6/100K to 391.4 friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #16

Facts don't matter....they feel good. That's the desired result. ileus Aug 2016 #6

In a month or two the "Grabnutz" will tell us how effective it is DonP Aug 2016 #10

"Grabnutz" ^^^ Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #11

Mass. murder-by-rifle rate over 8 years: 1.14 per year. Huge number( ). Eleanors38 Aug 2016 #12

That's not the rate, that's the actual number of murders-by-rifle per year (on average) friendly_iconoclast Aug 2016 #13

Now now.. virginia mountainman Aug 2016 #15

"You know that facts, are NRA talking points" Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #17

But when it becomes acceptable to simply impugn the source... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #18

It's a one-sided affair. Nuclear Unicorn Aug 2016 #20

"Those who demand I not even look at a thing lest it corrupt me" beergood Aug 2016 #22

Due to certain double standards... discntnt_irny_srcsm Aug 2016 #23

The line of argument that always strikes me as stupid.. EX500rider Aug 2016 #19

"Designed". beevul Aug 2016 #21