Shall Issue v. Discretionary & No Issue

Posted in uncategorized on May 10th, 2008 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |

Xrlq Says:
May 10th, 2008 at 3:27 pm
Cute, but as meaningless as all those other state vs. state or country vs. country comparisons. Better to compare each state before and after it went shall-issue.
Murdoc Says:
May 10th, 2008 at 7:23 pm
Absolutely correct. But a lot of antis won’t sit still for that sort of analysis when spouting their “the streets will run red with blood.” This is can serve as a quick starting point with the more rational among them because it quickly and easily demonstrates that much of the rhetoric deserves a closer look. It runs so counter to their core beliefs and can be useful.

When they go “yeah, but how about a ‘before vs. after’ comparison,” then you whip those numbers out.

Go for the basic, simple, overarching points first and build from there.
Sebastian-PGP Says:
May 11th, 2008 at 11:19 am
As Phil points out over at my place, Gun Pundit’s work is somewhat flawed…
Murdoc Says:
May 12th, 2008 at 12:04 am
The chart I copied definitely used a bad method to get its numbers. I created and posted a more accurate (and less spectacular) one at http://www.gunpundit.com/542.php. As we know, the right to carry states have a lower rate of violent crime, but not by nearly so much as that chart said.

Thanks.

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