On 9/19/2011 5:38 PM, Why are people so cruel wrote:

"Hawke" wrote in message
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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

Check the stats and how they were gathered. Lots of countries are having
declining crime stats because they no longer count thefts of low(er) value
as a crime. Reporting of theft is only valid if you have insurance, its
pointless
reporting if you will get nothing in return. Criminal activity tens
years ago is
no longer a crime, eg personal use of marijuana. Theft by corporations has
been moved to civil actions with police only acting if a bank or insurance
company has been defrauded by a customer, but not the other way around.



The stats came from the FBI. Both violent crimes were down and so were
property crimes. The point is the experts are scratching their heads on
this. They have several theories but they don't have any conclusive
evidence that substantiates any of them. The one thing no one is
attributing the downturn to is the increase in CCW permits across the
country. That is what interested me the most because several people have
argued with me when I said it had nothing to do with CCW permits. I'm
not surprised none of them has commented.

Hawke