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Food Eater Lad · 10-22-2003, 12:20 PM

The literature I am aware of is that a criminal will pick a weak target. In an area were the people are known to be allowed to defend themselves, a criminal will have to be more choosey. Thus the peopel NOT carrying concealed weapons can benifit from a concealed carried law even though they are not carrying a gun.
PLaces like New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado, car jackings are almost non existant. Why? Cause everyone in a car is assumed to be armed unless they are proven to be not armed. Thus, the criminals dont mess with people while in their cars. Even that gun hating guy gets the benifit of being protected by a gun, unless he has out of state plates or a rental.
Look at Louisianna. They were a mess with all the carjackings. Then the state approved a person's right to defend himself with deadly force in the case of carjackings. All the media claimed that this was a racist policey giving people permission to shoot blacks at will, but what happened? Car jackings became a thing of the past. And guess what? Black people are not getting blown away.
In England, the Russian Mafia is moving in, and selling cheep eastern European guns. The gun ban only effects those that obey the law. 200 gun crimes a week and rising, three years in row, as reported by that article and many more if you go to the BBC news site and search gun homicide rates. True it is no where near the USA, but that was never part of the argument. Why is crime rising? Cause the criminals have found a haven of victums. As they realise that Johnny ENglish is unarmed and ripe for attack, this rate will only get worse.
England's trouble with crime will rise each year. True it was tiny if you compare it to the USA, but our rate is going down for the past few years. At 45 % on year, 35 % the next and now this year, how much longer before England is the next Washinton DC ( a place with STRICT GUN CONTROL BY THE WAY!)

Take a way a person's ablity to defend himself, and what you are left with is not paradise, but a target.

10-22-2003, 12:20 PM	#45 (permalink)
Food Eater Lad Banned	The literature I am aware of is that a criminal will pick a weak target. In an area were the people are known to be allowed to defend themselves, a criminal will have to be more choosey. Thus the peopel NOT carrying concealed weapons can benifit from a concealed carried law even though they are not carrying a gun. PLaces like New Mexico, Texas, and Colorado, car jackings are almost non existant. Why? Cause everyone in a car is assumed to be armed unless they are proven to be not armed. Thus, the criminals dont mess with people while in their cars. Even that gun hating guy gets the benifit of being protected by a gun, unless he has out of state plates or a rental. Look at Louisianna. They were a mess with all the carjackings. Then the state approved a person's right to defend himself with deadly force in the case of carjackings. All the media claimed that this was a racist policey giving people permission to shoot blacks at will, but what happened? Car jackings became a thing of the past. And guess what? Black people are not getting blown away. In England, the Russian Mafia is moving in, and selling cheep eastern European guns. The gun ban only effects those that obey the law. 200 gun crimes a week and rising, three years in row, as reported by that article and many more if you go to the BBC news site and search gun homicide rates. True it is no where near the USA, but that was never part of the argument. Why is crime rising? Cause the criminals have found a haven of victums. As they realise that Johnny ENglish is unarmed and ripe for attack, this rate will only get worse. England's trouble with crime will rise each year. True it was tiny if you compare it to the USA, but our rate is going down for the past few years. At 45 % on year, 35 % the next and now this year, how much longer before England is the next Washinton DC ( a place with STRICT GUN CONTROL BY THE WAY!) Take a way a person's ablity to defend himself, and what you are left with is not paradise, but a target. Last edited by Food Eater Lad; 10-22-2003 at 12:23 PM..