While we cannot prove that increased gun sales caused the crime to decrease, we can assert that the increase in guns did not cause an increase in crime, as so many people worry.Dave01 wrote:This is a cut and paste from the article linked by the OP:
According to the National Shooting Sports Foundation, the FBI carried out more than 4.2 million background checks on behalf of gundealers from November to January (a check is required with every sale), up 31 per cent on the same period in the previous year.
Interestingly, however, violent crime rates have at the same time been falling in Los Angeles, New York and other big American cities The experts are at loss as to explain why this should be happening.
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