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IN: Concealed carry permit holders kill hundreds
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Website: http://www.marktaff.com
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Despite the self-defense claims propped up by the supporters of concealed carry laws, the Violence Policy Center (VPC), a nonprofit group that seeks to address gun violence as a public health crisis, concealed carry permits holders are more likely to kill themselves or others during non-self defense events.
The center tracks fatalities associated with concealed carry gun permit holders at ConcealedCarryKillers.org and found that 743 people have been killed, including 17 law enforcement officers. |
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teebonicus
(6/2/2015)
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And again, an anti- cites a number without identifying the depth of the timeline.
Hundreds over twenty years, maybe.
Statistically insignificant.
But don't tell the Great Unwashed.... |
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