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FBI Confirms That While Gun Sales Are Up, Violent Crime Is Down
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"Various anti-gun groups claiming that the increased acceptance of firearms in American society is lead to more violent crime and gun accidents."
"Unfortunately for the deceivers, we know that gun accidents have been steadily declining for decades for both children and adults, and are now at all-time historical lows, even as firearms ownership in the United States is at an all-time high both in terms of raw numbers (more than 300 million firearms) and in terms of the percentage of the population believed to be armed (more than 100 million), and the number of permitted concealed carriers (more than 11 million)." ... |
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| Some poor supervisor is going to see his PAR score take a big hit on this one ! Not "the message" the current Administration - and our self-ordained mentors - want to have promulgated. |
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