Blaming the South
You see, since state governments in the South are loosening their gun control laws, the north is struggling against a flood of handguns. A few things:
Academic studies have shown that limits on monthly gun purchases help limit smuggling, but lobbyists for gun manufacturers call such laws ”gun rationing” and say they infringe on Second Amendment gun ownership rights.
Really? Which study?
Pinpointing the precise source of guns smuggled into the Northeast is difficult, analysts say, because last year Congress inserted a provision into a spending bill that prevented the US Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives from releasing federal data about where guns used in violent crimes originated.
Then how do you know they come from the South?
September 5th, 2005 at 5:32 pm
The South’s lax gun laws would certainly explain why we’re knee-deep in murder victims down here, unlike the crime-free utopias of the Northeast.
*Snicker*
September 5th, 2005 at 11:01 pm
“A large percentage of those guns originated from outside the region.”
Oh, and the legal guns were made in Boston?
“Last month, a South Carolina judge sentenced a Boston man to 24 years in federal prison for buying 21 guns in the state, which he resold illegally in Boston after removing their serial numbers.”
Uh, was it for the number of guns, or because he filed off the srial numbers and sold them illegally?
September 6th, 2005 at 3:03 am
Yes, the South’s lax gun laws would explain the drop in violent gun crimes in the South. The strict gun laws in the Northeast would explain their rising crime rates. It’s interesting how gun crimes seem to drop in areas where the potential victims are likely carrying. But we’ll not wait for Billary to figure that one out….