Did you notice that they only reported the "numerator?" What is the denominator; how many people in the US have CCWP's? As an Emergency Physician, I have some pretty strong feelings about guns. I think it is important to tell the whole truth; not like a pharmaceutical company advert. E.g. "Lipitor reduces heart attack and stroke risk by 33%" Yeah, from 3 percent to 2 percent absolute. That means that only one person per hundred gets any benefit from taking it every day for 3 years. What are the absolute percentages of deaths per 100,000 CCWP's??
You've all hit the points I would make. It will be important for defensive carriers to put this kind of "information"? into proper context and perspective when discussing it with non-CCW people.
Accurate, complete and source-verified information is difficult to obtain on just about everything (politics and religion included!!).
^^^^^^^^^Here is a good place to start^^^^^^^^^^^^
http://bjs.ojp.usdoj.gov/index.cfm?ty=pbdetail&iid=1743
United States Bureau of Justice
Criminal Victimization in the United States, 2007 - Statistical Tables
The VPC is most definitely an anti-firearms organization, designed to eliminate guns.
Notice they have very little if any INFORMATION on "other" kinds of Violence, in America, other than Firearms, here at their home page.
http://www.vpc.org/index.htm
IF they were truly 'all about" violence, all violence in this country, wouldn't they submit information pertaining to those types as well.???
About the only way to possibly find out is to go to your state police website and look in there to find individual stats,
Here is Michigans,
http://www.michigan.gov/msp/0,1607,7-123-1591_3503_4654---,00.html
And once there you click on CCW reports;
or Here;;
http://www.michigan.gov/documents/msp/CPL_Annual_Report_2008-2009_307251_7.pdf
and once there it will show the amount of license holders who got into trouble, and for what reason.
License's revoked 353, for June 2008 to June 2009
Carried in Pistol Free Zone: 1
Failure to Disclose (2nd Offense): 0
Carried Under Influence: 14
Felony or Misdemeanor Charge: 210
Other: 128
They are buffoons, and idiots, as are all of these organizations.
These morons and their ilk really rub my rhubarb the wrong way.
All we can hope for is that the truth will prevail!!!!!
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