Yea but you forgot that California has an open carry law and
leads the nation in murders as a state. Of course the
population of California is about 20% of the nation as a
whole.

I wonder where your figures are if you lump California with
the non carry states.

I'll bet your percentages go way way down.


The Independent


Ed Huntress wrote:

"Gunner" wrote in message
...

"25 States allow anyone to buy a gun, strap it on,
and walk down the street with no permit of any kind:
some say it's crazy. However, 4 out of 5 US murders
are committed in the other half of the country: so who is crazy?" --
Andrew Ford

Mr. Ford, if there is such a person, is crazy. 'You want the numbers, or
would you rather keep believing a lie and perpetuating it, in good old
effective Joseph Goebbel's style? g

Oh, what the hell: There are 27 open carry states and they represent 32.95%
of the population. They also are the states in which 31.26% of the murders
are committed. Those are 2001 figures, US Census and FBI Uniform Crime
Reports. I have the Excel workbooks on it if you don't believe it, and
you're welcome to them.

If there is an Andrew Ford, and if you know who he is, you can tell him for
me that he's either a fool or a liar, or a little bit of both.

--
Ed Huntress
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