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LATEST FBI CRIME DATA CONTINUES TO REFUTE ANTI-GUN RHETORIC, SAYS CCRKBA
BELLEVUE, WA – For the third year in a row, violent crime has declined in
the United States while increasing numbers of American citizens own
firearms and are licensed to carry, a trend that belies predictions of
anti-gunners that more guns will result in more crime, the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
Preliminary data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report shows that the
violent crime rate went down 5.5 percent in 2009, compared to statistics
from 2008. This covers all four categories of violent crime: murder,
robbery, aggravated assault and forcible rape. Violent crime went down 4
percent in metropolitan counties and 3 percent elsewhere, according to the
FBI.
At the same time, the agency's National Instant Check System reports
continued increases in the number of background check requests and the
National Shooting Sports Foundation has reported increased federal
firearms excise tax allocations to state wildlife agencies, an indication
that more guns and ammunition are being purchased.
"This translates to one irrefutable fact," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan
Gottlieb. "There are more guns in private hands than ever before, yet
crime rates have declined. In plain English, this means that gun
prohibitionists have been consistently wrong. Higher rates of gun
ownership have not resulted in more bloodshed, as the gun ban lobby has
repeatedly forecast with its 'sky-is-falling' rhetoric.
"According to the FBI," he continued, "the murder rate fell last year 7.2
percent in larger cities. Robbery declined more than 8 percent and
forcible rape was down 3.1 percent. It might just be that criminals are
less likely to attack someone out of fear their intended victim is armed.
Robbers might be discouraged by the growing potential that the clerk
behind the counter is willing to fight back. Maybe would-be rapists are
deterred by the possibility that they might get shot.
"For many years," Gottlieb observed, "anti-gunners made all kinds of wild
predictions that higher rates of gun ownership and the expansion of
shall-issue carry permits would leave neighborhoods awash in blood. The
data proves otherwise. America should turn its back on the gun prohibition
lobby and their insidious policy of victim disarmament."
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With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of the nation's
premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the
Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through
active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots
organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the
United States. The Citizens Committee can be reached by phone at (425)
454-4911, on the Internet at www.ccrkba.org or by email to
InformationRequest@ccrkba.org.
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BELLEVUE, WA – For the third year in a row, violent crime has declined in
the United States while increasing numbers of American citizens own
firearms and are licensed to carry, a trend that belies predictions of
anti-gunners that more guns will result in more crime, the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms said today.
Preliminary data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Report shows that the
violent crime rate went down 5.5 percent in 2009, compared to statistics
from 2008. This covers all four categories of violent crime: murder,
robbery, aggravated assault and forcible rape. Violent crime went down 4
percent in metropolitan counties and 3 percent elsewhere, according to the
FBI.
At the same time, the agency's National Instant Check System reports
continued increases in the number of background check requests and the
National Shooting Sports Foundation has reported increased federal
firearms excise tax allocations to state wildlife agencies, an indication
that more guns and ammunition are being purchased.
"This translates to one irrefutable fact," said CCRKBA Chairman Alan
Gottlieb. "There are more guns in private hands than ever before, yet
crime rates have declined. In plain English, this means that gun
prohibitionists have been consistently wrong. Higher rates of gun
ownership have not resulted in more bloodshed, as the gun ban lobby has
repeatedly forecast with its 'sky-is-falling' rhetoric.
"According to the FBI," he continued, "the murder rate fell last year 7.2
percent in larger cities. Robbery declined more than 8 percent and
forcible rape was down 3.1 percent. It might just be that criminals are
less likely to attack someone out of fear their intended victim is armed.
Robbers might be discouraged by the growing potential that the clerk
behind the counter is willing to fight back. Maybe would-be rapists are
deterred by the possibility that they might get shot.
"For many years," Gottlieb observed, "anti-gunners made all kinds of wild
predictions that higher rates of gun ownership and the expansion of
shall-issue carry permits would leave neighborhoods awash in blood. The
data proves otherwise. America should turn its back on the gun prohibition
lobby and their insidious policy of victim disarmament."
.
.
With more than 650,000 members and supporters nationwide, the Citizens
Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms is one of the nation's
premier gun rights organizations. As a non-profit organization, the
Citizens Committee is dedicated to preserving firearms freedoms through
active lobbying of elected officials and facilitating grass-roots
organization of gun rights activists in local communities throughout the
United States. The Citizens Committee can be reached by phone at (425)
454-4911, on the Internet at www.ccrkba.org or by email to
InformationRequest@ccrkba.org.
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