re: Funny Gun Control/Ownership Chart

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Strict gun laws embolden criminals. Easy pickings with less threat of an armed victim.

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Let's set this aside, for a moment. Turning instead to the overwhelming number of murders in Chiraq being black teenager against black teenager, in many cases both of them illegally armed. Or are bystander casualties of these firefights.

Even if we take out the "emboldening criminals" element (which I agree is a factor is some crime and rates of crime, generally) - this graph at least flies in the face of the left's argument that more guns = more crime. It strongly supports a conclusion, as many of have been saying for decades, that lawfully owned guns are a deterrent to crime, or at worse, do not contribute to a violent crime rate. There are places with few guns, and little crime. There are places with many guns and much crime (e.g. Baton Rouge and New Orleans), but there are also cites with few legal guns, and a high violent crime rate.

One has little to do with the other.