Right-To-Carry Gun Laws Linked To Rise In Violent Crimes: Study

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Right-To-Carry Gun Laws Linked To Rise In Violent Crimes: Study

by Shadee Ashtari at the Huffington Post

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/11/14/right-to-carry-laws-crime_n_6160414.html?utm_hp_ref=politics

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Laws in all 50 states permitting people to carry concealed firearms in public have been connected to a rise in violent crimes, according to a new report from researchers at Stanford and Johns Hopkins universities.

The report, published in September and issued as a National Bureau of Economic Research Working Paper last week, adds to a series of studies over the last decade tending to discredit the "more guns, less crime" hypothesis, which argues that right-to-carry laws serve as crime deterrents by allowing ordinary Americans to better protect themselves.

The new findings suggest that right-to-carry laws are "associated with substantially higher rates" of aggravated assault, rape and robbery, Stanford law professor John J. Donohue III, one of the study’s three authors, explained in a press release on Friday. Stanford law student Abhay Aneja and Johns Hopkins doctoral student Alexandria Zhang co-authored the report.

Among violent crimes, the most significant increase came in aggravated assault, which may have risen by nearly 33 percent, according to the report. The researchers also found that from 1999 to 2010, murder rates rose in eight states that adopted right-to-carry laws.




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[shenmue]

1. This guy had a gun on his belt the other day

at the Steak and Shake. I was at lunch with my Mom. The guy with the gun wasn't a cop or anything. He had the gun in a big holster on his belt, and had on a shirt that said, "Criminals beware: law-abiding armed citizen." Because robbers and murderers are scared of shirts.

[nichomachus]

7. Here's what to do

If you are any place -- store, restaurant, whatever -- and someone come in with a gun, leave immediately. Do not stop to talk to anyone. Do not stop to pay. Nothing. Once outside, call the police and report a person with a gun. Let the police sort it out. You have no idea whether that person is mentally ill, a mass murderer, or a robber. Don't take the risk. If I were a mass murderer, I would wear a shirt saying I was law abiding, hoping my victims would believe it and sit still while I killed them.

It's no different than when a fire alarm goes off. Get out right away. Don't try to figure it out yourself.

[shenmue]

8. Thank you

Much appreciated.

[Thinkingabout]

2. Perhaps LaPierre should say a guy with a gun can be bad also.

[flamin lib]

3. Why am I not surprised? nt

[noiretextatique]

4. as planned

that is the intent of these laws.

[awoke_in_2003]

5. more crime=scared populace...

people in fear are easier to control

[CrispyQ]

6. Who didn't see this coming?

Oh yeah, gun nuts.

It will get worse, too, as the playing field continues to tilt in favor of the 1%, tossing millions more into the abyss.

[Scuba]

9. K&R