Gun Controls Makes Cities Dangerous Places to Live
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ISRA: Gun Controls Makes Cities Dangerous Places to Live
U.S. Newswire
25 Jun 7:24
ISRA: Gun Control Makes Cities Dangerous Places to Live
To: City and State Desk
Contact: Richard Pearson of the Illinois State Rifle
Association, 815-635-3198; http://www.isra.org/
CHICAGO, June 25 /U.S. Newswire/ — The following was released
today by the Illinois State Rifle Association (ISRA):
Crime statistics released Monday by the Federal Bureau of
Investigation (FBI) suggest strongly that tough gun control laws
do little to curb violent crime.
According to the latest FBI Uniform Crime Reports, the U.S.
murder rate jumped 3.1 percent while forcible rapes inched up
0.2 percent. Overall, the U.S. crime rate climbed 2 percent.
Interestingly enough, cities having strict gun control laws saw
their respective crime rates jump well in excess of the national
average. For example:
– In Boston, where the state legislature recently imposed the
most oppressive gun laws in the nation, the murder rate went up a
whopping 67 percent in 2001. Likewise, the rate of forcible rapes
went up 11 percent.
– Buffalo, NY, also saw a 67 percent increase in its murder
rate and a 30 percent increase in its forcible rape rate in 2001.
New York politicians routinely boast about having some of the
toughest state gun control laws in the country.
– Chicago not only outpaced the national average by posting a
5 percent increase in its murder rate, but the city remains the
odds-on favorite to capture the title of “Nation’s Murder Capitol.”
In Chicago, it’s illegal for citizens to own defensive handguns.
The city’s mayor, Richie Daley, is currently on a personal crusade
to ban civilian firearm ownership nationwide.
– While liberal Coloradoans were busy penning legislation to
clamp down on law-abiding citizens attending gun shows, Denver
saw a 40 percent increase in its murder rate.
– Hartford, Conn., suffered a 47 percent increase in its
murder rate and a 21 percent increase in its rape rate for 2001.
The Connecticut state legislature is busy competing with
Massachusetts for the title of being the least-friendly state
to law-abiding gun owners.
– St. Louis, Mo., prides itself as being responsible for the
defeat of a recent statewide referendum that would have allowed
law-abiding citizens to carry defensive firearms. For 2001,
St. Louis saw a 19 percent increase in its murder rate and a
7 percent jump in rapes.
On the flip side, the gun control movement has long criticized
Florida for having “lax” gun control laws — including concealed
carry. But, unlike cities in the “gun control belt,” Miami’s
murder and rape rates remained stable for 2001.
“The gun control movement continues to claim that banning
civilian firearm ownership is the key to eliminating violent
crime,” commented ISRA president Richard Pearson. “These latest
FBI figures refute that claim. In places where law-abiding gun
owners are severely restricted, murders and rapes went way up.
In places where law-abiding citizens are allowed to defend
themselves, murders and rapes remained relatively stable.”
“The bottom line is that gun control makes raping, robbing
and murdering much easier,” continued Pearson. “Therefore,
people who oppose concealed carry are, for all practical
purposes, accessories to the assault, rape, and murder of
defenseless citizens. People who propose raising FOID card
fees are essentially setting poor people up for slaughter.
People who advocate firearm “waiting periods” are leaving
battered women defenseless against abusive males. And anyone
claiming that gun control makes our streets safer is either
greatly misinformed, or just a liar.”
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The ISRA is the state’s leading advocate of safe, lawful,
and responsible firearms ownership. For nearly a century,
the ISRA has represented the interests of over 1.5 million
law-abiding Illinois gun owners.
