Americans were robbed and victimized by gun violence at greater rates last year than the year before, even though overall violent and property crime reached a 32-year low, the Justice Department said on Sunday...Any bets the increases occurred in urban areas where the "gun controls" Prof. Blumstein bemoans a lack of are the most draconian?
Professor Alfred Blumstein of Carnegie Mellon University said the rise in gun violence was particularly troubling.
“A major police effort to confiscate guns helped bring down the surge in violent crime that occurred in the late 1980’s and early 1990’s,” Professor Blumstein said. “But gun distribution is easier now because we have begun to back off gun control.”
Professor, you need to walk over to the Philosophy department and talk to this guy.
But I suppose I can't blame you. You're a big advocate of Project Safe Neighborhoods. So are these guys.
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After reading the lies about the U.S. murder rates PSN spewed in that speech, I belileve they should change their name to Project Grab all Guns!
If this is the same report that I read about elsewhere the findings are not based on actual statistics of crime, but intefviews with people who expressed their own experiences of crimes; the big jump was supposed to reflect the big number of crimes that went unreported to the police.
I think I'd rather trust solid stats that stories anonymous people tell.
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