Right-To-Carry Gun Laws Linked To Rise In Violent Crimes: Study
Right-To-Carry Gun Laws Linked To Rise In Violent Crimes: Studyby Shadee Ashtari at the Huffington Post
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/14/right-to-carry-laws-crime_n_6160414.html?utm_hp_ref=politics
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Laws in all 50 states permitting people to carry concealed firearms in public have been connected to a rise in violent crimes, according to a new report from researchers at Stanford and Johns Hopkins universities.
The report, published in September and issued as a National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper last week, adds to a series of studies over the last decade tending to discredit the "more guns, less crime" hypothesis, which argues that right-to-carry laws serve as crime deterrents by allowing ordinary Americans to better protect themselves.
The new findings suggest that right-to-carry laws are "associated with substantially higher rates" of aggravated assault, rape and robbery, Stanford law professor John J. Donohue III, one of the studys three authors, explained in a press release on Friday. Stanford law student Abhay Aneja and Johns Hopkins doctoral student Alexandria Zhang co-authored the report.
Among violent crimes, the most significant increase came in aggravated assault, which may have risen by nearly 33 percent, according to the report. The researchers also found that from 1999 to 2010, murder rates rose in eight states that adopted right-to-carry laws.
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shenmue
(38,537 posts)at the Steak and Shake. I was at lunch with my Mom. The guy with the gun wasn't a cop or anything. He had the gun in a big holster on his belt, and had on a shirt that said, "Criminals beware: law-abiding armed citizen." Because robbers and murderers are scared of shirts.
nichomachus
(12,754 posts)If you are any place -- store, restaurant, whatever -- and someone come in with a gun, leave immediately. Do not stop to talk to anyone. Do not stop to pay. Nothing. Once outside, call the police and report a person with a gun. Let the police sort it out. You have no idea whether that person is mentally ill, a mass murderer, or a robber. Don't take the risk. If I were a mass murderer, I would wear a shirt saying I was law abiding, hoping my victims would believe it and sit still while I killed them.
It's no different than when a fire alarm goes off. Get out right away. Don't try to figure it out yourself.
shenmue
(38,537 posts)Much appreciated.
Thinkingabout
(30,058 posts)flamin lib
(14,559 posts)noiretextatique
(27,275 posts)that is the intent of these laws.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)people in fear are easier to control
CrispyQ
(38,269 posts)Oh yeah, gun nuts.
It will get worse, too, as the playing field continues to tilt in favor of the 1%, tossing millions more into the abyss.