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Story So much for gun ban/control.
Each year, more children drown in buckets or pails than are accidentally killed with a firearm. Source
1993 Edward Mitchell sentenced to six years for robbing and shooting his
victim.Of the 108,580 persons released from prisons in 11 States in 1983, an estimated 62.5% were rearrested for a felony or serious misdemeanor within 3 years, 46.8% were reconvicted, and 41.4% returned to prison or jail. Source
Of the 2,660 murders between 10/95 and 9/96, nearly 10% were sentenced to (only) probation and 7 people were fined. That's right, fined!
(From above), those not release on probation received a median sentence of just five years (early release from that sentence not available but typically one third). Source
More than 70% of violent Federal offenders had been sentenced in the past! Source
47%
of Federal Firearm offenses were committed by people already
banned from handguns! (see
below) Source
Of these
more than half had two or more prior felony convictions. Source
Washington, D.C. and Chicago which have banned handguns are among the top five U.S. cities with the highest homicide rates.
Would more laws really matter? The following classes of people are ineligible to possess, receive, ship, or transport firearms or ammunition:
31 states have Right To Carry laws. 127 million Americans nearly half the U.S. population, including 60% of handgun owners live in Right To Carry states. Twenty-two states have adopted Right To Carry laws since the mid-1980s; 19 states since 1995.
Additionally, 18 states adopted range protection measures (total, 29), five adopted preemption of local firearm ordinances (total, 42), four adopted "Instant Check" (total, 17), and two adopted hunter protection laws (total, 50). In 1998, Wisconsin voters approved a constitutional amendment protecting the right to arms, making theirs the 44th state to do so.
States with Right To Carry laws have lower violent crime rates. On average, they have a 24% lower total violent crime rate, a 19% lower homicide rate, a 39% lower robbery rate, and a 19% lower aggravated assault rate, compared to other states and the District of Columbia. The nine states with the lowest violent crime rates are all Right To Carry states. (Data: FBI)