On 4 Oct 1997 21:48:23 -0500, Jonathan Wienke <JonWienk@ix.netcom.com> wrote:
After the ordinance was passed, there was one violent crime the first year, and three the next.
There it is. Absolute Proof!!!! After everybody finally got those dreadful guns, there was a 300% increase in the murder rate. Guns are evil. Ban them now!!! (Just an example of what people do with statistics these days.) -- Phelix ps. Here's the entire paragraph: Before Kennesaw, Georgia passed its famous (or infamous) ordinance requiring each household in the city to own a gun and allowing concealed carry of firearms, it had an average of 25-27 violent crimes (murder, armed robbery, etc) per year. After the ordinance was passed, there was one violent crime the first year, and three the next. The gun control shills in the press reported this as a tripling in the violent crime rate. Since the state of Florida passed a "shall issue" concealed carry law (if you apply, pay the fee, pass the safety course, and are not a felon or mentally incompetent, the state shall issue you a concealed carry permit) it has experienced significant reductions (10-20%) in the rates of murder, rape, armed robbery, and other violent crimes. Even in England and Scotland, this inverse relationship between private gun ownership and violent crime can be demonstrated, according to Colin Greenwood, retired chief of the West Yorkshire Constabulary and criminology researcher since the sixties.