Vagabond63
Gold Member
2aguy said:You made the statement that crime rates were going down around the world....that includes the United States.
Well, no I didn’t as it happens, you just rushed to your cut and paste library without reading what I had written. My actual post said:
“And again we have a fine example of the “post hoc, ergo propter hoc” fallacy. No social survey or academic research has ever mentioned gun ownership as a factor in the decline in gun murder rates or crime rates. This is further illustrated that the same rates declined throughout the Western world over the same period in countries with gun control laws. “ Post #493 (my emphasis)