NationStates Jolt Archive

A result NOT of new gun laws (there have been no new guns laws as of late), but because of Mayor Giuliani's "broken window" approach to crime control, and the fact that murder rates are declining across the nation (and have been for over a decade).

On the other hand, Florida and Texas saw HUGE decreases in the murder rate, far in excess of national trends, when they passed right-to-carry laws in 1987 and 1995, respectively.
Hmmmm far in "excess of national trends"?

Florida (no gun control):

In the year 2000 Florida had an estimated population of 15,982,378 which ranked the state 4th in population. For that year the State of Florida had a total Crime Index of 5,694.7 reported incidents per 100,000 people. This ranked the state as having the 2nd highest total Crime Index. For Violent Crime Florida had a reported incident rate of 812.0 per 100,000 people. This ranked the state as having the 1st highest occurrence for Violent Crime among the states.

And the right to conceal has been in place since 1987?

Montana, Idaho, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire, with some of the least-restrictive gun laws in the US, all have lower murder (and crime generally!) rates than the provinces they border.

All our gun laws do is prevent law-abiding people from defending themselves. They are disgustingly immoral.
Actually, Montana kinda surprised me, considering that they have less than a million in population.

In the year 2000 Montana had an estimated population of 902,195 which ranked the state as having the 44th in population. For that year the State of Montana had a total Crime Index of 3,533.4 reported incidents per 100,000 people. This ranked the state as having the 31st highest total Crime Index.

"Disgustingly immoral"?

In the US, homicide is the 3rd highest cause for death of children between the ages of 5 - 14 Years All causes.

In the US, homicide is the 2nd highest cause for death of children between the ages of 15 - 24 Years All causes.

I find those numbers kind of sad.