Virginia gun crime drops, as state's firearms sales soar

[jyro]

Amid calls nationwide for stricter gun control laws, Virginia is experiencing a unique trend: the state's gun-related crime is declining but firearms sales are increasing.

Firearms sales rose 16 percent to a record 490,119 guns purchased from licensed gun dealers in 2012, according to sales estimates obtained by the Richmond Times-Dispatch.

During the same period, major crimes committed with firearms dropped 5 percent to 4,378.

"This appears to be additional evidence that more guns don't necessarily lead to more crime,"



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[lowthreeohz]

Rockin.

[YALE]

Rockin.

Damn fine work, sir.

[SS Junk]

You're welcome.

Of course Democrats and liberatards will say, "You can make a statistic say whatever you want..."

[naynay]

they can make statistics say whatever they want.

90% of the time i am right everytime. see?

[soap]

they can make statistics say whatever they want.

90% of the time i am right everytime. see?

are you a democratic! im just asking?
EDIT: never mind i just noticed you sig i have my answer.

[SS Junk]

they can make statistics say whatever they want.

90% of the time i am right everytime. see?

Liberatard confirmed. Hilarious to see you getting your shit pushed in on yellowbullet.

[naynay]

That's getting my shit pushed in? Better than my brains bashed in, I guess. Ban assault bats!

[SS Junk]

That's getting my shit pushed in? Better than my brains bashed in, I guess. Ban assault bats!

Well no I forget who you are. Much like your boy Anthony Weiner, you have no shame. Dozens of different members in that single thread calling you a dumbfuck doesn't faze you. Each time you've gotten your ass beat you keep coming back begging to be taken seriously.

[naynay]

you are a CHILD.

[Mr_Fiux]

Meanwhile in England two teenagers were shot north of Enfield on a gang dispute with guns.

Evidence that gun crime rises when gun ownership is non existent.

[SS Junk]

Meanwhile in England two teenagers were shot north of Enfield on a gang dispute with guns.

Evidence that gun crime rises when gun ownership is non existent.

It's been that way since the beginning of time at least in the US. The most violent cities in the states are have the strictest gun laws.

you are a CHILD.

Says the one that runs away from your own mouth. You have no substance.

[bybotie]

The city of Chicago has the strictist gun laws of any major US city, it can also brag about having the highest gun murder rate and highest number of shootings. It will be interesting to see how these numbers change when the citizens are allowed to conceal carry.

[Trip McNeely]

It will be interesting to see how these numbers change when the citizens are allowed to conceal carry.

Or how bad they will manipulate the statistics.

[Trip McNeely]

I'm sure these criminals all passed background checks for their weapons...

http://www.myfoxny.com/story/23051209/gangs-of-new-york-where-street-crews-rule-boys-have-few-options

Gangs of New York: Where street crews rule, boys have few options

The gun-toting teen shot by police over the weekend grew up in a gang-infested neighborhood in the Morrisania section of the Bronx where law-abiding families live in constant fear. Even if young boys try to avoid trouble, it comes looking for them.

At first glance, everything looks calm and ordinary in this community. But under the surface, the threat for boys as young as 9 or 10 from gangs and criminal crews pressuring them to join is constant.

One boy, whose identity Fox 5 is protecting, said they have no choice but to join a gang. He said he tries to stay busy and off the streets at night when the gangs are out and hunting for new members. He said most boys don't choose to join a gang, but if they don't, they and their families suffer consequences. He said gangs have ransacked the apartments of reluctant recruits.

The positive options for the boys here are few, but they do exist. Some attend the Eagle Academy, which prepares them for college and careers instead of a jail cell. Founder David Banks said intervention and education has to begin very early on.

Parents who succeed in keeping their sons out of trouble know it requires constant vigilance.

The boy we spoke with said he is hoping to graduate high school, go to college, and stay off the radar of the criminal element he says rules this area.