QUOTE(Dr. John Lott Jr. @ Univ. of Chicago School of Law )
The national five day waiting period under the Brady Bill had no impact on murder or robbery, but slightly increased rape and aggravated assault rates by a few percent. For these two crime categories, the major effect was to delay law-abiding citizens from getting a gun for protection. The risks were greatest for crimes against women.
QUOTE(U.S. Dept. of Justice @ Law Enforcement Assistance Administration - Rape Victimization in 26 American Cities, 1979 )
Of the 250,000,000 annual self-defense cases using guns, more than 7.7% are by women defending themselves against sexual abuse.
QUOTE(Gary Kleck @ Criminologist, Florida State Univ)
Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year, or 6,849 per day.
Every day, 550 rapes, 1,100 murders, and 5,200 other violent crimes per day are prevented just by showing a handgun. In less than 0.9% of the time is the gun ever actually ever fired.
QUOTE(Fall 1995 @ Journal of Criminal Law and Criminology )
Every year, people in the United States use a gun to defend themselves against criminals an estimated 2,500,000 times- more than 6,500 people a day, or once every 13 seconds.
QUOTE(John Lott @ David Mustard: This study involved county level crime statistics from all 3,054 counties in the US)
When citizens are allowed to carry concealed weapons:
* Murder rates drop 8%
* Rape rates fall 5%
* Aggravated assaults drop 7%
TYPE OF CRIME: HOW MUCH HIGHER IN RESTRICTIVE STATES
Violent Crime
81% higher
Murder
.. 86% higher
Rape
25% higher
Assault
82% higher
Robbery
.. 105% higher
Auto Theft
.. 60% higher
And last but not least
QUOTE(FBI Uniform Crime Statistics @ 1994 )
Two-thirds of the people that die each year from gunfire are criminals shooting other criminals.
And i can go on and on and on, these are only the ones that directly effect me. But, I will stop by saying this: their is a reason why gun control people stop after simply quoting raw deaths caused by firearm data and then compare it to traditionally peaceful cultures like Canada. They know that if they delve to deep they well be exposed.
@LenteSubigo - it should also be mentioned that 1998 was one of the worst years for homicides that we have ever had (thats why moore used 1998 stats in his film), and that that number also includes justifiable homicides (ie. self defense).
