Only in the US. Un pueblito en Georgia celebra el 25 aniversario de la obligatoriedad de tenencia de armas de fuego para todos sus habitantes. ¿El resultado? Contrariamente a todas las predicciones, no sólo no se convirtió en el “lejano oeste” sino que se desplomaron las tasas de criminalidad.
Insisto, es al fart. Nos podemos pasar el resto de nuestras vidas tirando estadísticas y hechos sin ningún resultado. Los progres no necesitan estudiar un tema, conocen de antemano las soluciones políticamente correctas a todos los problemas, reales e imaginarios (enviado por Liberty Bell, que de chico se dedicaba a matar pajaritos con su Maheli cinco y medio):
As the nation debates whether more guns or fewer can prevent tragedies like the Virginia Tech Massacre, a notable anniversary passed last month in a Georgia town that witnessed a dramatic plunge in crime and violence after mandating residents to own firearms.
In March 1982, 25 years ago, the small town of Kennesaw – responding to a handgun ban in Morton Grove, Ill. – unanimously passed an ordinance requiring each head of household to own and maintain a gun. Since then, despite dire predictions of "Wild West" showdowns and increased violence and accidents, not a single resident has been involved in a fatal shooting – as a victim, attacker or defender.
The crime rate initially plummeted for several years after the passage of the ordinance, with the 2005 per capita crime rate actually significantly lower than it was in 1981, the year before passage of the law.
Prior to enactment of the law, Kennesaw had a population of just 5,242 but a crime rate significantly higher (4,332 per 100,000) than the national average (3,899 per 100,000). The latest statistics available – for the year 2005 – show the rate at 2,027 per 100,000. Meanwhile, the population has skyrocketed to 28,189. Top of Form
By comparison, the population of Morton Grove, the first city in Illinois to adopt a gun ban for anyone other than police officers, has actually dropped slightly and stands at 22,202, according to 2005 statistics. More significantly, perhaps, the city's crime rate increased by 15.7 percent immediately after the gun ban, even though the overall crime rate in Cook County rose only 3 percent. Today, by comparison, the township's crime rate stands at 2,268 per 100,000.
This was not what some predicted.
"New Orleans residents are arming themselves in record numbers in response to the city´s soaring crime rate and fears of anarchy should another hurracane strike. The number of permits issued to carry concealed weapons has doubled since Katrina, despite the loss of population" Minneapolis, Star Tribune
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