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<blockquote data-quote="brett636" data-source="post: 631830" data-attributes="member: 249"><p><a href="Http://www.gunfacts.info" target="_blank">Http://www.gunfacts.info</a></p><p><strong></strong></p><p><strong>Fact</strong>: 60% of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they knew the victim was armed. 40% of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they thought the victim might be armed.<span style="font-size: 9px">172</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Fact</strong>: Felons report that they avoid entering houses where people are at home because they fear being shot.<span style="font-size: 9px">173</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Fact</strong>: 59% of the burglaries in Britain, which has tough gun control laws, are “hot burglaries”<span style="font-size: 9px">174</span> which are burglaries committed while the home is occupied by the owner/renter. By contrast, the U.S., with more lenient gun control laws, has a “hot burglary” rate of only 13%.<span style="font-size: 9px">175</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Fact</strong>: Washington D.C. has essentially banned gun ownership since 1976 and has a murder rate of 56.9 per 100,000. Across the river in Arlington, Virginia, gun ownership is less restricted. There, the murder rate is just 1.6 per 100,000, less than three percent of the Washington, D.C. rate.<span style="font-size: 9px">176</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Fact</strong>: 26% of all retail businesses report keeping a gun on the premises for crime control.<span style="font-size: 9px">177</span></p><p></p><p><strong>Fact</strong>: In 1982, Kennesaw, GA passed a law requiring heads of households to keep at least one firearm in the house. The residential burglary rate dropped 89% the followingyear.<span style="font-size: 9px">178</span></p><p><strong>Fact</strong>: A survey of felons revealed the following:<span style="font-size: 9px">179</span></p><p>• 74% of felons agreed that "one reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot during the crime."</p><p>• 57% of felons polled agreed, "criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the police."</p><p></p><p>Myth: Private guns are used to commit violent crimes</p><p><strong>Fact</strong>: 90% of all violent crimes in the U.S. do not involve firearms of any type.<span style="font-size: 9px">180</span></p><p></p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">172</span> Armed and Considered Dangerous: A Survey of Felons and Their Firearms, James Wright and Peter</p><p>Rossi, Aldine, 1986</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">173</span> Ibid</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">174</span> A “hot burglary” is when the burglar enters a home while the residents are there</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">175</span> Dr. Gary Kleck, Criminologist, Florida State University (1997) and Kopel (1992 and 1999)</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">176</span> Crime in the United States, FBI, 1998</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">177</span> Crime Against Small Business, U.S. Small Business Administration, Senate Document No. 91-14, 1969</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">178</span> Crime Control Through the Private Use of Armed Force, Dr. Gary Kleck, Social Problems, February</p><p>1988</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">179</span> The Armed Criminal in America: A Survey of Incarcerated Felons, U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics</p><p>Federal Firearms Offenders study, 1997: National Institute of Justice, Research Report, July 1985,</p><p>Department of Justice</p><p><span style="font-size: 9px">180</span> Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 1998</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="brett636, post: 631830, member: 249"] [url]Http://www.gunfacts.info[/url] [B] Fact[/B]: 60% of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they knew the victim was armed. 40% of convicted felons admitted that they avoided committing crimes when they thought the victim might be armed.[SIZE=1]172[/SIZE] [B]Fact[/B]: Felons report that they avoid entering houses where people are at home because they fear being shot.[SIZE=1]173[/SIZE] [B]Fact[/B]: 59% of the burglaries in Britain, which has tough gun control laws, are “hot burglaries”[SIZE=1]174[/SIZE] which are burglaries committed while the home is occupied by the owner/renter. By contrast, the U.S., with more lenient gun control laws, has a “hot burglary” rate of only 13%.[SIZE=1]175[/SIZE] [B]Fact[/B]: Washington D.C. has essentially banned gun ownership since 1976 and has a murder rate of 56.9 per 100,000. Across the river in Arlington, Virginia, gun ownership is less restricted. There, the murder rate is just 1.6 per 100,000, less than three percent of the Washington, D.C. rate.[SIZE=1]176[/SIZE] [B]Fact[/B]: 26% of all retail businesses report keeping a gun on the premises for crime control.[SIZE=1]177[/SIZE] [B]Fact[/B]: In 1982, Kennesaw, GA passed a law requiring heads of households to keep at least one firearm in the house. The residential burglary rate dropped 89% the followingyear.[SIZE=1]178[/SIZE] [B]Fact[/B]: A survey of felons revealed the following:[SIZE=1]179[/SIZE] • 74% of felons agreed that "one reason burglars avoid houses when people are at home is that they fear being shot during the crime." • 57% of felons polled agreed, "criminals are more worried about meeting an armed victim than they are about running into the police." Myth: Private guns are used to commit violent crimes [B]Fact[/B]: 90% of all violent crimes in the U.S. do not involve firearms of any type.[SIZE=1]180[/SIZE] [SIZE=1]172[/SIZE] Armed and Considered Dangerous: A Survey of Felons and Their Firearms, James Wright and Peter Rossi, Aldine, 1986 [SIZE=1]173[/SIZE] Ibid [SIZE=1]174[/SIZE] A “hot burglary” is when the burglar enters a home while the residents are there [SIZE=1]175[/SIZE] Dr. Gary Kleck, Criminologist, Florida State University (1997) and Kopel (1992 and 1999) [SIZE=1]176[/SIZE] Crime in the United States, FBI, 1998 [SIZE=1]177[/SIZE] Crime Against Small Business, U.S. Small Business Administration, Senate Document No. 91-14, 1969 [SIZE=1]178[/SIZE] Crime Control Through the Private Use of Armed Force, Dr. Gary Kleck, Social Problems, February 1988 [SIZE=1]179[/SIZE] The Armed Criminal in America: A Survey of Incarcerated Felons, U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics Federal Firearms Offenders study, 1997: National Institute of Justice, Research Report, July 1985, Department of Justice [SIZE=1]180[/SIZE] Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, 1998 [/QUOTE]
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