Go ahead say it
Don't you see? This just proves that "nobody needs a concealed weapon" because only 2% of criminals have guns!
Trust me, the "million commie mommies," the VPC, et al. can find some way to twist the facts to fit.
I know Kevin and I was waiting to see if someone would bring up that point.
I was thinking the whole time I was writing that, about how it could be turned around.
But they hey if they admit the criminals don't have guns, then why do we need gun control??????????? (rhetorical question answer not required)
Despite your assertion that only "Commies" would question the wisdom of unregulated firearms, I have to question some of your claims here.
The fact that one manhunt resulted in a relatively small amount of firearms does not mean that only 2% of criminals have guns, nor that gun control is unnecessary. The data here is far too limited to make a conclusion like that. It also doesn't take into account any firearms the apprehended may have had elsewhere or in the past.
Since there ARE gun control regulations in place, currently, if you DO choose to consider the results of Operation Falcon indicitive of gun issues as a whole, it isn't much of a reach to say that maybe gun control is working.
The "gun show loop hole," for instance; of course it isn't what it's cracked up to be- it doesn't exist anymore. There's been gun control legislation passed to eliminate it. Maybe that helps to explain the low number of guns found during Operation Falcon.
Between 1993 and 2001, the average annual number of "violent victimizations" involving firearms was 847,000. You can check this with the U.S. Department of Justice- it's from their statistics. I'm curious who it is providing information that makes the DoJ's look "terrible."
I thought that it might be useful for understanding this issue if I presented an alternate view on the subject.... Though, really, I expect this post to be deleted fairly quickly.
Delete? Why no! Refute is more like it.
Gunscribe, do you mind if I answer this over at my blog? Haloscan provides such a limited forum for what Northeastern Liberal Elitist so richly deserves!
Kevin please feel free to do what ever you like with it.
And no I do not delete comments I let them stand or fall on their own merits.
My refutation is up. With charts & graphs and links and everything!
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