Since VA gun laws are in the news, here are two more articles. Slightly dated but very informative. The gist: VA has a much more armed citizenry and harsher penalties (and is more willing to dole out the stiffer penalties to offenders). The result is that VA has much, much less violent crime.
July 21st, 2004 at 12:27 pm
Since VA gun laws are in the news, here are two more articles. Slightly dated but very informative. The gist: VA has a much more armed citizenry and harsher penalties (and is more willing to dole out the stiffer penalties to offenders). The result is that VA has much, much less violent crime.
April 2001:
http://www.washingtonian.com/schools/saferinva.html
August 2000:
http://www.mcsm.org/2counties.html
July 21st, 2004 at 12:39 pm
The trend has been going on for a while.