More Guns Less Crime: It was true before, and it is still true

The sales boom in firearms and ammunition, largely due to the Gun Salesman of the year / Ammunition Salesman of the year, Barack H. Obama and his merry band of misfits. Has yet again caused anti liberty and freedom types to shake their heads. After all, the Brady Bunch et al would have you believe that guns are sentient things that cause crime and destruction all on their own via some mystical power over people.

Yet, the FBI says otherwise: Full story here

CRIME RATES FALL In the First Half of 2009
12/21/09
– View the Preliminary Crime Statistics For the third year in a row, our Preliminary Semiannual Uniform Crime Report shows that violent crime, property crime, and arson have decreased. The latest report compares January-June 2009 figures with the same time period in 2008. Crimes reported to our Uniform Crime Program are down collectively: violent crime overall decreased 4.4 percent, property crime is down 6.1 percent, and arson fell 8.2 percent. Individual crimes are also decreasing across the board: Murder (down 10.0 percent); Forcible rape (down 3.3 percent); Robbery (down 6.5 percent); The 2009 crime statistics are preliminary; the final report will be issued next year. Past full-year reports: 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | More – More About the Uniform Crime Reports (Statistics) – Frequently Asked Questions Aggravated assault (down 3.2 percent); Burglary (down 2.5 percent); Larceny-theft (down 5.3 percent); and Motor vehicle theft (down 18.7 percent). Other interesting highlights: Murder was lower in all four regions of the country, with the largest decreases in the Northeast (13.7 percent) and the West (13.3 percent). Motor vehicle thefts decreased significantly in all four regions of the country (Northeast, 19.3 percent; Midwest, 21.4 percent; South, 17.8 percent; and West, 18.2 percent). While violent crime and aggravated assault were down in cities of more than 1 million people (7.0 percent and 6.2 percent, respectively), in cities of populations between 10,000 and 24,999, violent crime rose 1.7 percent and aggravated assault rose 3.8 percent. While both metropolitan areas and non-metropolitan areas experienced decreases in violent crime and property crime in general, non-metropolitan counties saw increases in robbery (3.8 percent) and arson (1.2 percent). On a regional basis, the only uptick in any crime was a slight increase in burglaries in the South (up 0.7 percent)

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