Assault Weapons Legal -- Crime Decreases

[Aaron_01]

Murders Down 6 Percent in First 6 Months

By CURT ANDERSON, Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON - Murders in the United States dropped by nearly 6 percent in the first half of the year after rising for four straight years, the FBI (news - web sites) reported Monday. Almost all other crimes declined, too.


Overall, violent crime was down 2 percent in the first six months of the year compared with the same period of 2003, according to preliminary figures provided to the FBI by more than 10,700 state and local police agencies. Violent crime includes murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault.

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[UCBeau]

yea but didn't the assault weapons ban expire in like september?

 

[FredK'03Cobra]

The two have nothing to do with each other. Your crime numbers are for the first six months (through June). The ban wasn't lifted until September. That said, 'assault weapons' never represented any significant part of crime, or criminal activity in the first place.

Fred

 

[Mr.Shortround]

http://assaultweaponwatch.com/ :lol:

 

[YesterdayAgain]

http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=coincidence

 

[LogiWorld123]

In other news, stupid posts have risen 3%. Scientists directly relate this to global warming over the past 50 years and conclude that the moon must be falling.

 

[YesterdayAgain]

In other news, stupid posts have risen 3%. Scientists directly relate this to global warming over the past 50 years and conclude that the moon must be falling.

:lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbsup:

 

[LogiWorld123]

:lol: :lol: :lol: :thumbsup:

Seriously though- how many murder attempts were thwarted by the power of an "assault" rifle?

 

[UCBeau]

ha. i trumped all you e-experts with my post.

 

[LogiWorld123]

ha. i trumped all you e-experts with my post.

Fix your avatar, then you can sit at the men's table.

 

[03DOHC]

http://assaultweaponwatch.com/ :lol:

hehe

The Coalition to Prevent Assault Weapon Violence
The coalition was organized in the wake of the expiration of the 1994 Assault Weapon Ban that expired on September 13, 2004. It started when one of our founding members read a release by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence that AK47s and Uzis were coming to our neighborhood this summer.

We investigated and determined that all scientific research to date shows that these weapons are rarely used in crimes. We trust that John Kerry, the Brady Campaign, and independent experts like Tim Robbins would never mislead us, so we set out to prove what the experts cannot - that assault weapons do cause crime.

To that end, we obtained the above "Colt AR-15" assault rifle from a local death merchant and configured a web-cam and lighting to monitor it 24 hours a day.

Much to our embarassment, some astute volunteers pointed out that we needed to "load" the rifle with assault ammunition. A few days later, thanks to some generous paypal donations from our volunteers, we have the rifle loaded with a "magazine" and we again wait for spontaneous acts of violence.

 

[UCBeau]

Fix your avatar, then you can sit at the men's table.

crap i didn't even notice that. which asshat screwed it up?

 

[TrueBlueGT]

hehe

The Coalition to Prevent Assault Weapon Violence
The coalition was organized in the wake of the expiration of the 1994 Assault Weapon Ban that expired on September 13, 2004. It started when one of our founding members read a release by the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence that AK47s and Uzis were coming to our neighborhood this summer.

We investigated and determined that all scientific research to date shows that these weapons are rarely used in crimes. We trust that John Kerry, the Brady Campaign, and independent experts like Tim Robbins would never mislead us, so we set out to prove what the experts cannot - that assault weapons do cause crime.

To that end, we obtained the above "Colt AR-15" assault rifle from a local death merchant and configured a web-cam and lighting to monitor it 24 hours a day.

Much to our embarassment, some astute volunteers pointed out that we needed to "load" the rifle with assault ammunition. A few days later, thanks to some generous paypal donations from our volunteers, we have the rifle loaded with a "magazine" and we again wait for spontaneous acts of violence.

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I love it!!!!!!!!!!