But regular capacity magazines cause crime
FBI Reports Huge Decrease In Murders As Firearm, Ammunition And “Large” Magazine Sales Soar
Last week, the FBI issued its preliminary 2009 crime report, showing that the number of murders in the first half of 2009 decreased 10 percent compared to the first half of 2008. If the trend holds for the remainder of 2009, it will be the single greatest one-year decrease in the number of murders since at least 1960, the earliest year for which national data are available through the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Also, the per capita murder rate for 2009 will be 51 percent lower than the all-time high recorded in 1991, and it will be the lowest rate since 1963—a 46-year low. Final figures for 2009 will be released by the FBI next year.
According to gun control supporter dogma—“more guns means more crime”—the number of privately owned firearms must have decreased 10 percent in 2009. To the contrary, however, the number rose between 1.5 and 2 percent, to an all-time high. For the better part of the last 15 months, firearms, ammunition, and “large” ammunition magazines have been sold in what appear to be record quantities. And, the firearms that were most commonly purchased in 2009 are those that gun control supporters most want to be banned—AR-15s, similar semi-automatic rifles, and handguns designed for defense. The National Shooting Sports Foundation already estimates record ammunition sales in 2009, dominated by .223 Remington, 7.62x39mm, 9mm and other calibers widely favored for defensive purposes.
January 4th, 2010 at 11:59 am
But that drove prices up, which we know makes criminals reluctant to kill people. “I need to buy a box of ammunition for my murder spree… $30? It was $9 a year ago! I guess I can’t afford to murder anymore.”
January 4th, 2010 at 7:08 pm
The number of privately owned guns probably went up just a tad less than 1%.
The “gun controllers” would love for you to believe guns last no longer than cars; and very conveniently forget that more than half the people who bought ammunition in 1971 denied gun ownership. As if you would buy a box of 30/30’s, two boxes of .22LR, and a case of 12ga #6’s and NOT own a gun!
I have no reason to believe the percentage of gun owners who would admit it to an unknown caller is any higher now than it was then.
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