Study shows carry carry permittees are, per capita, far and away the safest demographic in the United States as far as firearm crime is concerned:
The study refers to Texas and Florida, which it says mirror most other states, to compare permit holders with police and the overall population. It used data from 1987 through 2015.
“We find that permit holders are convicted of misdemeanors and felonies at less than a sixth the rate for police officers,” the report says. “Among police, firearms violations occur at a rate of 16.5 per 100,000 officers. Among permit holders in Florida and Texas, the rate is only 2.4 per 100,000.10. That is just one-seventh of the rate for police officers.”
Of course, if you read this blog, you knew this years ago.
In Minnesota, which has a higher rate of carry permitting and lower crime rates that both Texas and Florida- with precisely one unjustifiable homicide committed by carry permittees in 13 years – the comparison is even more lopsided.
As a certain troll endlessly reminds us, permit holders are overwhelmingly White males aged 45-60.
When the most law-abiding segment of society dies off, what will happen to crime rates?
Not sure if any of you saw the out right shitty treatment of Kim Rhode, who is a six time Olympic Medall winner in double trap and skeet shooting. She got no coverage from the Commies at NBC., despite her being the most successful female Olympic shooter and only one to win two golds.
Of course, the scumballs on the left, have continually proven that they only defend libidiot women. God forbid they should praise a conservative shooting champion.
The Crime Prevention Research Center is John Lott.
Lott is totally, thoroughly and permanently discredited.
Per your usual, you quote crap that is not peer reviewed or worthy of attention, just more fact averse propaganda.
DG,
Lott is totally, thoroughly and permanently discredited.
That’s a factually vacant chanting point.
His online social skills were pretty well lambasted. His actual work has not.
“Criticism of his case” does not equal “discreditation”, especially since none of the attacks on Lott’s data really stands up.
Sorry, DG. Another strikeout.
Dog Gone, can you hear me? Hello? Is this thing on?
Do you have a learning disability? Why don’t you learn from your mistakes?
Attacking John Lott’s credibility is the ad hominem logical fallacy. It tells me that John Lott is not a credible source, but it says nothing about whether permit holders are law abiding. To challenge the conclusion, you must challenge the data, not the author.
You KNOW that SITD readers are smarter than that. You KNOW we rub your face in logical fallacies every time you use them. So why? Why do you keep doing it?
DG said: “Lott is totally, thoroughly and permanently discredited.”
Mr Lott’s research has NOT been discredited and I defy you to cite the academic journal* of peer reviewed research the purports to do that discreditation.
I know you can’t because you are a pathological liar and this is just another manifestation of your pathology.
* DG, remember Huffpo, Right Wing Watch, DU, Politifact, WAPO, NYT, The Daily Show, etc are NOT academic journals.
JD,
You KNOW we rub your face in logical fallacies every time you use them
Well, no – she probably doesn’t. I doubt she’s read a half-dozen responses to her comments, ever. I’ve carried out a few experiments that basically prove that she dumps and runs.
This thread all by itself has had over 230 hits, DG would have to wait a whole week to get that many hits – to present her views to 460 eyes – on her entire site. This blog is just another avenue for her to post her polemics and this site guarantees her an audience several orders of magnitude larger than any she can muster on her own merits. She has no interest in engaging anyone on this site in a discussion, her only interest is reaching the larger (non-commenting) audience this site attracts.
DG; FOS
Not only is Joe correct that Mad Dog is indulging her genetic fallacies again, but it’s worth noting as well that if Lott’s work is discredited, then she should have an easy time showing that carry permit holders have a high rate of crime from public records.
Notice, however, that the Brady Center and Bloomberg’s group have both declined comment. It is as if their crack research staffs are finding about the same thing that Lott is, and it is as if criminals are reluctant to risk “acute lead poisoning” at the hands of their intended victims.
Sounds about right to me.
Notice, however, that the Brady Center and Bloomberg’s group have both declined comment. It is as if their crack research staffs are finding about the same thing that Lott is,
Since the Department of Justice basically confirmed it a few years ago…
Joe, dog keeps her ears stuffed with Collie shit so the wind doesn’t whistle going through her empty head.
There is, literally, nobody home.
By Penigma’s Chihuahua’s standard, can we all agree that:
Penigma’s Chihuahua (DG) “…is totally, thoroughly and permanently discredited.”