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January 27, 2005

Shot Across the Bow of the Leftwing Propaganda Machine


 
This may come as a shock to many of you on the Left, but official government statistics show that criminals are not deterred from illegally posessing or using firearms. In otherwords you'll notice from the trend below that criminals don't obey laws! Who would've guessed it? Maybe that explains why cities such as Washington D.C. with the most opressive gun laws in the country have one of the highest violent crime rates.

Specifically the statistics below compare the conviction counts of citizens licensed to carry a concealed weapon (whom the Libs argue are the worst of the worst of legal gun owners) at time of arrest and those who did not have a conceal carry license (the one's Libs love to coddle) at time of arrest:

 

2001 Conviction Rates of Concealed Handgun License Holders for the State of Texas

 Source: Texas Department of Public Safety

 
OFFENSE Conviction Count of Licensed Individuals* Conviction Count of Non-Licensed Individuals** Percentage of Total Convictions Committed by Licensed Individuals
MURDER (Title 5, Chapter 19) 1 157 0.63%
KIDNAPPING (Title 5, Chapter 20) 0 124 0.00%
SEXUAL ASSAULT (Title 5, Chapter 21) 9 1,359 0.66
ROBBERY (Title 7, Chapter 29) 0 1,360 0.00%
AGGRAVATED ASSAULT (Title 5, Chapter 22) 17 2,259 0.75%
ASSAULT (Title 5, Chapter 22) 54 17,309 0.31%
TERRORISTIC THREAT (Title 5, Chapter 22) 5 1,229 0.41%
BURGLARY (Title 7, Chapter 30) 1 5,675 0.02%
NDECENCY WITH A CHILD (Title 5, Chapter 22) 19 929 2.00%
INDECENT EXPOSURE (Title 5, Chapter 22) 5 543 0.91%
FAIL OR REFUSE TO DISPLAY CONCEALED HANDGUN LICENSE (Subchapter H) 0 0 0.00%
UNLAWFULLY CARRYING HANDGUN BY LICENSE HOLDER (Title 10, Chapter 46) 25 0 100.00%
UNLAWFULLY CARRYING WEAPON (Title 10, Chapter 46) 22 2,905 0.75%
POSSESSION OF COMPONENTS OF EXPLOSIVES (Title 10, Chapter 46) 0 4 0.00%
UNLAWFUL  POSSESSION OF FIREARM BY FELON
(WEAPONS FREE ZONE) (Title 10, Chapter 46) 		0 1 0.00%
DEADLY CONDUCT DISCHARGE FIREARM
(Title 10, Chapter 46) 		1 102 0.97%
HOAX BOMBS (Title 10, Chapter 46) 0 2 0.00%
MAKE FIREARM ACCESSIBLE TO CHILD DEATH/SERIOUS BODILY INJURY (Title 10, Chapter 46) 0 5 0.00%
HARASSMENT (Title 5, Chapter 22) 21 1,013 2.03%
COERCE SOLICIT INDUCE GANG MEMBERSHIP
(Title 5, Chapter 22) 		0 94 0.00%
TOTAL CONVICTED OFFENSES    180 35,070 0.51064%
       
 
 
 
Total of all law-abiding Conceal License holders able to take out a would-be assailant: 100%
 
 
With the true and trustworthy American public exposed for being just as it always has been, Libs can hardly even begin to make the case in favor of tyranny. But, even if someone tried - well, that would be a mistake too ;-)
 

 

Posted by Martin at January 27, 2005 04:39 PM

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