2aguy
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Again...for the dimwitted, irrational, anti-gun extremists.....in this post, I am not making the case that the gun murder rate was lowered by allowing normal people to carry their legal guns without jumping through hoops, red tape and legal landmines.......
I can make that case, but I am not doing that here....
I am pointing out that all the dimwitted, irrational, anti-gun extremists screeched over and over that allowing normal people to carry their legal guns without having to jump through hoops, red tape and legal landmines did not increase the gun murder rate....in Ohio, and now Florida....
In the wake of the passage of literally any law that benefits gun owners, we’re inundated with cries about how the law in question will make people less safe. There’s all kinds of rhetoric about turning our cities into the Old West or how there will be “blood in the streets.”
So that’s why it’s interesting to see that it didn’t just happen in Ohio.
Since the legalization of constitutional carry in July 2023, Florida’s biggest cities saw a significant decrease in violent crimes, including shootings. In Jacksonville, murders and homicides dropped 6 percent in 2023 from the previous year.
The real record-breaking reduction in homicides was recorded in Miami. In 2022, the municipality recorded 49 homicides. By 2023, that number was down to 31, the fewest number of killings ever recorded in the Magic City. Miami also reported a 34 percent drop, from 151 to 100, in non-fatal shootings and 124 fewer “non-contact” shootings than in 2022. The change mirrors a national trend in less violent crime in 2023.
Florida’s constitutional carry law may not be the sole reason for those numbers, but this is the exact opposite of what Democrats claimed would happen after the law passed. Indeed, it’s fair to suspect respecting citizens’ constitutional right to self-defense played a role in the crime decline. Good guys with guns can deter, prevent, and even stop crime. The legal use of firearms helps thwart an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year.
I can make that case, but I am not doing that here....
I am pointing out that all the dimwitted, irrational, anti-gun extremists screeched over and over that allowing normal people to carry their legal guns without having to jump through hoops, red tape and legal landmines did not increase the gun murder rate....in Ohio, and now Florida....
In the wake of the passage of literally any law that benefits gun owners, we’re inundated with cries about how the law in question will make people less safe. There’s all kinds of rhetoric about turning our cities into the Old West or how there will be “blood in the streets.”
So that’s why it’s interesting to see that it didn’t just happen in Ohio.
Since the legalization of constitutional carry in July 2023, Florida’s biggest cities saw a significant decrease in violent crimes, including shootings. In Jacksonville, murders and homicides dropped 6 percent in 2023 from the previous year.
The real record-breaking reduction in homicides was recorded in Miami. In 2022, the municipality recorded 49 homicides. By 2023, that number was down to 31, the fewest number of killings ever recorded in the Magic City. Miami also reported a 34 percent drop, from 151 to 100, in non-fatal shootings and 124 fewer “non-contact” shootings than in 2022. The change mirrors a national trend in less violent crime in 2023.
Florida’s constitutional carry law may not be the sole reason for those numbers, but this is the exact opposite of what Democrats claimed would happen after the law passed. Indeed, it’s fair to suspect respecting citizens’ constitutional right to self-defense played a role in the crime decline. Good guys with guns can deter, prevent, and even stop crime. The legal use of firearms helps thwart an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year.
