Gun sales up, crime drops
According to the FBI report:
According to the figures released today by the FBI, the estimated number of violent crimes in the nation declined in 2009 for the third consecutive year. Property crimes also declined in 2009, marking the seventh straight year that the collective estimates for these offenses dropped below the previous year’s total.
The 2009 statistics show that the estimated volumes of violent and property crimes declined 5.3 percent and 4.6 percent, respectively, when compared with the 2008 estimates. The violent crime rate for the year was 429.4 offenses per 100,000 inhabitants (a 6.1 percent decrease from the 2008 rate), and the property crime rate was 3,036.1 per 100,000 persons (a 5.5 percent decrease from the 2008 figure).
Some quick stats at ENDO.
September 14th, 2010 at 11:17 am
The AP cant for the life of them figure out why….
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/13/AR2010091305799.html?wprss=rss_nation&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+wp-dyn%2Frss%2Fnation%2Findex_xml+%28washingtonpost.com+-+Nation%29
FTA:
Yep, Obama is to blame… but not for the reasons that the left were hoping for!
September 14th, 2010 at 1:03 pm
14 billion rounds of ammo!
14 billion rounds of ammo per year.
That must keep Sarah Brady up at night. 🙂
September 15th, 2010 at 8:16 am
@ericire12–
“Yep, Obama is to blame…”
Beg to differ; he’s going to take credit for all three years of the decrease, because he’s Just That Aw-Sum!”
@ Shootin’ Buddy–
Anything that makes Sarah B worry makes me smile.
September 15th, 2010 at 9:58 am
I think you could easily make the case that Barack ‘Gun salesman of the year’ Obama is directly responsible for the decrease in violent crime as of late.