Why is support for guns rising in US as crime falls?
That’s a tough one. The BBC wants to know.
Via email from Rolf.
8 Responses to “Why is support for guns rising in US as crime falls?”
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December 17th, 2014 at 2:56 pm
because it’s not about crime, it’s about political violence, including that of the State.
December 17th, 2014 at 3:46 pm
“If crime rates are falling, why are all those people in prison?”
December 17th, 2014 at 4:17 pm
James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal’s Best of the Web daily column has dubbed this type of news story with the name “Butterfield Effect,” for the eponymous Fox Butterfield, the journalist who famously asked just what rickn8or quotes above.
Cause, meet effect.
December 17th, 2014 at 5:12 pm
” More guns, less crime.” –John Lott
It’s a “self-evident truth”.
December 17th, 2014 at 5:14 pm
Thanks for the fill-in, mikee.
December 17th, 2014 at 6:19 pm
There are some good points in the article, e.g;
“Gun ownership is increasingly seen as part of what it means to be a responsible citizen,” she says.
“It’s not just a right to self-defence but a duty to protect your family and community.”
It doesn’t get much better than that, People. Though it reveals a complete lack of understanding of cause and effect, I give it a B+ for not being the typically insane hit-piece.
December 17th, 2014 at 11:49 pm
The BBC wouldn’t be smart enough to understand the answer, if it were offered them.
December 18th, 2014 at 12:58 am
The good news is that Great Britain has outlawed face sitting, so something.