Justice Department studies show that armed citizens are much less likely to suffer losses or personal injury from thieves”
-The Washington Post, 1992-Jan-7

“Since Florida has enacted their concealed carry law, the Florida murder rate has dropped by 29%. Nationwide, the murder rate rose 11% over the same
period…”
-ABC News, 1995-Mar-12, reporting on 1994 FBI crime statistics

“But focusing solely on guns is not the right question, according to Joe Morse, president of Seacoast Firearms in Hampton. Morse pointed out that New Hampshire has the second lowest homicide rate in the country, while Granite
Staters own the most guns per family of any state in the nation.”
-the Portsmouth Herald, 1999-Apr-22 (shortly after Columbine), “Gun laws
debated”, by Steve Jusseaume

“Our analyses provide no evidence that implementation of the Brady Act was
associated with a reduction in homicide rates. In particular, we find no
differences in homicide or firearm homicide rates to adult victims in the 32
treatment states directly subject to the Brady Act provisions compared with
the remaining control states.”
-Jens Ludwig and Philip J. Cook, in The Journal of the American Medical
Association, 2000-Aug-2, Homicide and Suicide Rates Associated With
Implementation of the Brady Handgun Violence Prevention Act