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Posted: 9:13 a.m. Tuesday, March 30, 2010

THE TRUTH ABOUT GUNS 

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By Neal Boortz

Did you hear the latest about those evil, gun-clinging Americans carrying concealed weapons? Turns out that Americans are far less likely to be killed by a firearm than they were when it was far more difficult to get a concealed-weapons permit. An MSNBC article explains:

In the 1980s and '90s, as the concealed-carry movement gained steam, Americans were killed by others with guns at the rate of about 5.66 per 100,000 population. In this decade, the rate has fallen to just over 4.07 per 100,000, a 28 percent drop. The decline follows a fivefold increase in the number of "shall-issue" and unrestricted concealed-carry states from 1986 to 2006.

Ironically ... the liberal bastion for the nation's strictest gun control laws - Washington DC - has the highest gun homicide rate in the country. It is five times the general rate compared to the rest of the country. The lowest homicide rate is in Utah and you guess it ... most residents in Utah can get a permit to carry a gun without even visiting the state.

 
 

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