found this statement: "our homicide rate is at a thirty year low and still declining" on ur site.
u neglected to mention the steady decline began in 1994, right after passage of the brady bill (federal gun control).
heh heh.
they sent back the url hidden in the link field at the top of this post (so click there to read it) along with the text:
"heh heh"
getting the last laugh by quoting my own laugh back at me, or something, i guess.
trouble is, they only made my case stronger.
see, the info linked to guncite includes an article that "proves" california's tough state gun control law had no effect or even made things worse before the brady bill became law, but homicide rates fell faster there than nationally after brady.
that's the very point!
without federal gun control, it's easier to buy guns in some states than others. guns easily bought outside california could get illegally carried into the state (where demand was likely to be high since guns were hard to get) and sold at high prices (since demand was high), then get used in crimes.
after the passage of brady, it got harder to get guns EVERYWHERE, so homicide rates dropped fast EVERYWHERE, especially places where tough laws already existed and finally had a fair chance to show their effectiveness on a level playing field.
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