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Originally Posted by RawAlex
Yup, because you wouldn't take a knife to a gunfight. If you and the rest of the citizens weren't also packing, they wouldn't consider it. The current situation exists only because every feels the need to be armed.
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On the other hand, crime has dropped significantly in Florida when Concealed permits were issued. You say everyone feels the need to be armed.
Population of Flordia: 15,980,000
Current Florida Residents with Concealed Permits: 289,644
Sixf Percent of Florida's Population can carry a firearm, that isn't everyone.
Six percent, and it lowered crime rates in florida. "Even though the state's population is growing, total homicides fell by 6.9%, and firearm homicides by 6.1%. Given the population increase, the decrease in rates would have been greater."
I'd say it's working very well.
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Question: How many handguns are stolen or lost each year? Do you think those weapons are melted down for their scrap metal weight, or do you think it more likely they are kept by or sold to people who wouldn't legally qualify to have a gun?
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And your point is what? This has already been addressed as a problem. Any type of law banning the legal right to own and carry a firearm HURTS the law abiding citizen, and only gives more power to the criminal.
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Your justifcations are "chicken and the egg" type debates that are meaningless. The key questions have to do with how criminals get their guns.
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I'ts meaningless to you, because you don't live here, and even more important, ignorant of the facts.