Six years after new rules made it much easier to get a license to carry concealed weapons, the number of Michiganders legally packing heat has increased more than six-fold. But dire predictions about increased violence and bloodshed have largely gone unfulfilled, according to law enforcement officials and, to the extent they can be measured, crime statistics. The incidence of violent crime in Michigan in the six years since the law went into effect has been, on average, below the rate of the previous six years. The overall incidence of death from firearms, including suicide and accidents, also has declined.Complete article by Dawson Bell/Detroit Free Press (worth the read).
...not that I think folks ought to need a freakin' license in the first place...
3 comments:
Well, I think crime even in Michigan would have gone down even without the changes. I think that they didn't go up should allay fears of those against guns.
I think it further shows that gun ownership is is not correlated with gun crime and measures to restrict legal ownership have little or no affect on the creme rate.
I agree, Mike.
And good to see you back :-). Happy New Year!
You too...Nice and relaxed, except for the occasional lego I step on (3 kids you know...)
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