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发帖数: 1520 | 1 http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/18/gun-ownership-u
MILLER: Gun ownership up, crime down
Gun-control advocates are noticeably silent when crime rates decline. Their
multimillion-dollar lobbying efforts are designed to manufacture mass
anxiety that every gun owner is a potential killer. The statistics show
otherwise.
Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that violent
crime decreased 4 percent in 2011. The number of murders, rapes, robberies
and aggravated assaults all went down, continuing a pattern.
“This is not a one-year anomaly, but a steady decline in the FBI’s violent
-crime rates,” said Andrew Arulanandam, spokesman for the National Rifle
Association. “It would be disingenuous for anyone to not credit increased
self-defense laws to account for this decline.”
Mr. Arulanandam pointed out that only a handful of states had concealed-
carry programs 25 years ago, when the violent-crime rate peaked. Today, 41
states either allow carrying without a permit or have “shall issue” laws
that make it easy for just about any noncriminal to get a permit. Illinois
and Washington, D.C., are the only places that refuse to recognize the right
to bear arms. The Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence did not respond to
requests for comment.
If the gun grabbers were right, we’d be in the middle of a crime wave,
considering how many guns are on the streets. “Firearms sales have
increased substantially since right after the 2008 election,” said Bill
Brassard, spokesman for the National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF),
which represents the $4 billion firearms and ammunition industry. “There
was a leveling off in 2010, but now we’re seeing a surge again.”
The FBI’s National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS) serves
as one of the best indicators of gun sales because it counts each time
someone buys a gun. Checks hit an all-time high of 16.5 million last year.
In the first five months of this year, the numbers have gone up 10 percent
over the same period last year as Americans rush to the gun store in case
President Obama decides to exercise “more flexibility” in restricting guns
in a second term.
Gun manufacturing is the one private-sector industry “doing fine” on Mr.
Obama’s watch. Sturm, Ruger & Co. sold 1 million firearms in the first
quarter of 2012 - an amazing 50 percent increase from the first quarter of
2011. The jump was so steep that the company stopped accepting orders from
March to May to catch up with demand for its products.
Last month, Smith & Wesson announced a firearm-order backlog of
approximately $439 million by the end of April, up 135 percent from the same
quarter in 2011. Sales in that period were up 28 percent from 2011 and 14
percent over its own predictions to investors. NSSF estimates the industry
is responsible for approximately 180,000 jobs and has an annual impact on
the U.S. economy of $28 billion.
Mr. Obama could honestly take credit for this jobs program, economic boost
and the reduction in violent crime that has followed the spike in gun
ownership on his watch. Instead, he’s silent about his greatest positive
accomplishment.
Emily Miller is a senior editor for the Opinion pages at The Washington
Times. | o****n
发帖数: 1520 | 2 Jojo Mans made a comments 2 days ago:
As a retired cop, I can tell you that the police cannot protect citizens. I
can count the number of times I actually came on a serious crime in progress
on one hand. The police are nothing more than a clean up crew who reports
on the details of the crime. Then the detectives hopefully get enough leads
to track down the suspect. The police have nothing to fear from a
responsible, armed citizen. Only the criminals do. | k**********i
发帖数: 8706 | 3 这一巴掌扇的太好了！
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【在 o****n 的大作中提到】
: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2012/jun/18/gun-ownership-u
: MILLER: Gun ownership up, crime down
: Gun-control advocates are noticeably silent when crime rates decline. Their
: multimillion-dollar lobbying efforts are designed to manufacture mass
: anxiety that every gun owner is a potential killer. The statistics show
: otherwise.
: Last week, the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced that violent
: crime decreased 4 percent in 2011. The number of murders, rapes, robberies
: and aggravated assaults all went down, continuing a pattern.
: “This is not a one-year anomaly, but a steady decline in the FBI’s violent
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发帖数: 7733 | 4 gun control lobby 肯定没有nra, second amendment foundation strong.
【在 k**********i 的大作中提到】
: 这一巴掌扇的太好了！
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: Their
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发帖数: 6292 | 5 梨剥肉会说,那是因为警察不作为,或者警力太弱,市民应该把买枪的钱拿来缴税,养活更
多的警察
话说回来liberal是不是在学校里很普遍阿?我周围很多人,包括老板学生老美老中都是
democrat,其中有一些以liberal自居 | z**n
发帖数: 22303 | 6 德州父打死企图强奸女儿的雇员
美国中文网据CNN报道：星期一，警察说：上周六德克萨斯州的一位父亲在目睹了他4岁
的女儿涉嫌遭到性侵后，一怒之下反复挥拳将嫌犯打死。
当地媒体报道说，这位没有透露姓名的23岁的父亲说，他后来对打死嫌犯的举动有些懊
悔。
女孩的爷爷告诉当地媒体说：“这只是一个意外。”
拉瓦卡县警长米迦•哈蒙说，他不认为这位打死人的父亲会因为周六的事件而被
逮捕，迄今没有证据显示调查人员怀疑他对事件的说法。
当局说，被打死的人是德克萨斯州人冈萨雷斯，今年47岁。该男子与年幼女孩的父亲偶
然相识，后来受雇帮助这家照顾牧场的马匹。
警方说，涉嫌性攻击的事件发生在牧场一个谷仓附近的地方，父亲听到女孩的尖叫声。
警方说，在试图把她从嫌犯身边拉开，并保护她的过程中，父亲多次猛击嫌犯头部导致
嫌犯死亡。
CNN的报道说，该名男子在现场因伤重不治身亡，女孩被送往医院。
哈蒙说，女孩除了明显的精神受挫外，看上去没受其他伤害。
警方说，犯罪人并没有犯罪前科。
一个陪审团将根据调查结果决定是否起诉该名打死嫌犯的男子，虽然官员说，该案件案
情明显。
哈蒙说：“他有权保护自己的女儿，他的举动是在对攻击的第三者采取自卫行动。”
当地居民多对这位打死嫌犯的男子持同情态度。
“无论发生什么事，即便放了这位父亲，他和女儿将不得不一生都面对这件事情的影响
”，邻居马克告诉当地媒体说。 |
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