More gun shows = fewer murders
 

More gun shows = fewer murders
Exclusive: Joseph Farah cites evidence of lower crime with firearms

Posted: December 29, 2008
1:00 am Eastern
By Joseph Farah

I'll bet that's a headline you've never seen before.

You will probably never see it, again.

But it's the truth.

With a new Congress and a new president taking office next month, you are bound to hear more calls for closing the so-called "gun-show loophole," that permits American citizens in many states to buy guns without ridiculous and counterproductive waiting periods.

There will be an all-out effort to renew the slow, plodding, incremental, long-term goal of banning and restricting the sale of as many firearms as possible. It will likely start with gun shows – one of the easiest targets of the gun-grabbers.

They will cite all kinds of bogus statistics to support their claims that gun shows spell nothing but death and destruction.

What they won't cite, however, is a groundbreaking study of the impact of gun shows on homicides. They can't – because it shows just the opposite of what they claim to be true.

Mark Duggan and Randi Hjalmarsson of the University of Maryland and Brian A. Jacob of the University of Michigan teamed up to examine the evidence in a scientific study of the impact of gun shows on murder and suicide and accidental deaths.

What they found is shocking because it supports the headline above.
They looked at 3,417 gun shows in two very different states – Texas and California – during an 11-year period. And they examined vital statistics data on suicides, homicides and accidental gun deaths in the weeks following them.

What were the results?
"We find a sharp decline in the number of gun homicides in the weeks immediately following a gun show," they concluded. Furthermore, in Texas they found "gun shows reduce the number of gun homicides by 16 in the average year."

Once again, here's hard evidence of the theory that more guns equals less crime. And it shouldn't shock us. It only does because we've been so conditioned to accepting the illogic of the gun-grabbers that states the opposite as fact – without any evidence to support it.

Think about it.

If you are a criminal, are you more likely to target someone who is armed or unarmed?

The answer is as obvious as the .45 on my desk.

Criminals seek out victims who are not going to fight back or offer resistance, let alone shoot them.

Guns in the hands of law-abiding citizens means they are less likely to become victims.

Anyone who disagrees with this simple, straightforward logic should be required to post a sign on the outside of their home or office that says: "Gun-free zone."

So far, I have not seen even one private citizen invite criminals into their home with such a ridiculous sign. Instead, governments post them around schools!

But now you know the facts – as inconvenient as they might be to the incoming administration and the new Democrat-stacked Congress.

There's only one thing that will prevent them from taking away your Second Amendment-guaranteed right to self-defense: the truth.
You will be hearing a lot of lies about firearms in the months ahead.
You need to be armed with the facts – as well as your trusty old firearms.
And you need to be prepared to fight back against attacks on what may well be your first freedom.

Remember, every totalitarian regime in the history of the world has succeeded in maintaining power by first disarming the citizenry.

Don't let it happen in the USA. Don't accede to any more efforts to ban classifications of firearms because they look like "assault weapons." Don't accept any more restrictions on gun shows, now that you know they actually reduce gun homicides. Don't believe any statistics you hear from Barack Obama or the Democratic leaders in the House and Senate about the need to reduce the availability of firearms or to make them "safer."

Get ready to protect your constitutional rights across the board, because they are about to come under fire from the worst assault weapon ever devised, a real weapon of Mass Destruction and Mass Distortion – Big Government.

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Re: More gun shows = fewer murders
 

I always feel safer at a gun show.

The bigger the show, the safer I am!

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At a gun show there are hundreds, if not thousands, of people, most armed, as well as thousands of handguns, rifles, ammunition, knives, bayonets, swords, primers and powder.

Considering all this, isn't it remarkable that you never hear about someone getting mugged, raped or murdered at one of these gatherings? The firearm-phobes would have you think that all these inanimate objects are just itching to come to life by themselves and blow big holes in people.

An armed society truly is a polite society.

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And a Socitey that can break the yoke of their Opressor if they are ever brought to wrath.

When we are armed: THEY FEAR US.....AS IT SHOULD BE.


T

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Me too, at least inside the building.......

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Gun shows can be very dangerous outside of them...especially where some of the vendors stay...like motels and RV on-site camping. A friend of mine who has done gunshows for 30 years told me about an incident that happened to one of the vendors with a large stash of gold. Some scum injected a gas into his RV while he was asleep and then broke in and robbed him. (they drilled a hole in his rig earlier in the day while he was at the show). He said it nearly killed the guy.

If I was doing the gunshow circuit, I would choose where I stay very carefully...and not stay on the show grounds, even if the hookups are free.

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Not quite here at the Washington Arms Collectors shows -- no loaded guns or even loaded magazines are permitted in the building, and all firearms must have their actions secured with a plastic tie. The explanation I've heard is that this is for insurance reasons and due to past incidents like negligent discharges. A few people boycott the shows, but given the record attendance at the last few, it doesn't seem to be a big deal to most.

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I've never seen a fight, argument, pushing or shoving, heard any loud bad language, or even smelled BO at a Gun Show.

I think I may have talked myself into going to the next one.

E-A

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