Prove it. You keep quoting that figure without any proof this is the case. Why not? Because this is just an estimated extrapolation based on a small sample. In other words, you are bullshitting.
So what specific "arguments" of yours have I not touched upon?
Of course, it is just an estimation. How and why do you report a crime that did NOT HAPPEN! How does that work?
Crime and Guns
Basic to the debates on gun control is the fact that most violent crime is committed by repeat offenders. Dealing with recidivism is key to solving violence.
- 71% of gunshot victims had previous arrest records.
- 64% had been convicted of a crime.
- Victims had an average of 11 prior arrests. 1, 2
- 63% of victims had criminal histories and 73% of that group knew their assailant (twice as often as victims without criminal histories). 3
- 74% of homicides during the commission of a felony involve guns. 4
Most gun violence is between criminals.
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Myth: Guns are not a good deterrent to crime
Fact: Guns prevent an estimated 2.5 million crimes a year or 6,849 every day.
8 Most often, the gun is never fired and no blood (including the criminal’s) is shed.
Fact: Property crime rates are dropping (especially burglaries). The chart shows the legal handgun supply in America (mainly in civilian hands) relative to the property crime rate.
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Fact: Every year 400,000 life-threatening violent crimes are prevented using firearms.
Fact: 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.
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Fact: Felons report that they avoid entering houses where people are at home because they fear being shot.
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Fact: 59% of the burglaries in Britain, which has tough gun control laws, are “hot burglaries”
12 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%.
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Fact: Washington DC has essentially banned gun ownership since 1976
14 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, DC rate.
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Fact: 26% of all retail businesses report keeping a gun on the premises for crime control.
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Fact: 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 following year.
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Fact: A survey of felons revealed the following:
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- 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.”
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Gun Facts | Gun Control and Crime
