I went in and pulled the crime statistics for the latest year(2007) for 6 States
These three have very liberal gun laws and also low population densities. The murder numbers I'm posting aren't necessarily firearms homicides as they don't break this out. These States also have very liberal carry as well as ownership laws and firearms are readily available:
STATE____________POPULATION_______NUMBER OF MURDERS
Vermont___________621,000_______________12
North Dakota_______639,000_______________12
Montana __________957,000_______________14
The next three States are quite a different picture. The also have very restrictive firearms ownership laws so firearms are not readily available:
STATE____________POPULATION_____NUMBER OF MURDERS
California__________36,000,000__________2260
Illinois_____________12,000,000__________ 752
New York___________19,000,000__________801
You can all draw your own conclusions here but the availability of firearms to law abiding citizens isn't the issue here it's certainly other factors.
Jim
Last edited by italiansxs; 04/07/09 08:13 PM.
