Consider the double strike law. Do two and get caught with another
and zap you go to prison.

That has done more to quell crime as anything. CCW's also help -
undercover cops and you and I. But the double strike laws move
people out of states into less stressful conditions. Louisiana sued
Texas when those thugs and lawbreakers moved to Louisiana or moved back.

Texas suggested stronger law enforcement and it would help if needed.
They moved out of Louisiana.

So the issue isn't simple - but a complex range of assistance.

California went broke building Jails every 6 months there for several years.

Martin

On 9/19/2011 2:09 PM, Hawke wrote:
That's the headline today; Crime in decline, but why? FBI statistics
show that crime has fallen for eight straight years. Experts are not
sure why. They have some theories; an aging population, low inflation,
and more and smarter policing are some. The one theory that was not
mentioned was because of the gains in the number of people across the
country with concealed carry permits.

This is for those who have argued against me when I have said that there
is no support for the theory that crime declines because more people are
carrying concealed carry weapons. None of the experts has said this is a
reason for the drop in crime and that is because there is no evidence
showing that theory has any validity.

Crime has dropped everywhere including cities like L.A., where there is
no increase in people with CCW permits. So if crime drops and nobody is
getting a permit and crime drops where lots of people get permits it's
clear that the permits are not changing the statistics.

So does anyone still want to try and make the case that crime is down
because of the increase in people with CCW permits? Or are you finally
willing to admit being wrong? Oh yeah, and that I was right.

Hawke