Posted on 11/18/2015 10:47:00 PM PST by richardb72
In August, Kleck told Mother Jones that he doesn’t know of any “credible criminologist†who believes that “with more guns there are less crimes.†More recently Kleck was interviewed by Ari Armstrong about these points and Kleck’s claims that there hasn’t been any increase in the rate that people are carrying permitted concealed handguns and that neither more guns nor more concealed handguns reduce homicides or any other type of violent crime. Here is the beginning of Ari’s interview with Lott:
Recently I interviewed criminologist Gary Kleck about gun ownership and crime. In the course of that interview, Kleck expressed skepticism regarding economist John Lott‘s claims that expanded concealed carry of handguns reduces crime. I asked Lott if he wanted to reply, and he graciously agreed to do so. He also addressed a number of other questions regarding gun ownership and crime. . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at crimeresearch.org ...
Full interview here:
http://ariarmstrong.com/2015/11/john-lott-defends-more-guns-less-crime-thesis/
Well worth reading.
So the significant reduction in the homocide rate over the last thirty years is a lie, as is the significant increase in concealed carry?
Even if there is no correlation between the two, Kleck is a bold faced liar.
Most sociologists seem to think that abortion was probably the main cause of the lowered homicide rates.
Whoa, I had not even considered that.
Great tagline by the way.
The whole anti-firearms spiel has been debunked and debunked and debunked so many times that one can’t help feeling Kleck is dealing in self-created fantasy.
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Preckwinkle’s tax-laden 2016 COOK county budget easily passes
Hal DardickContact ReporterChicago Tribune
Preckwinkle’s budget approved, find out How They Voted
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle’s $4.5 billion budget won approval Wednesday, and people who shop, stay in hotels and file lawsuits will be paying more next year.
Overall county spending is expected to increase by about $500 million under a budget commissioners approved 12-5. The spending plan depends on a penny-on-the-dollar sales tax increase, a new 1 percent tax on hotels and $20 in additional fees for each lawsuit filed.
Preckwinkle’s budget also includes a 20-cents-per-milliliter tax on the liquids that fuel electronic cigarettes and
AMMUNITION TAX: a bullet tax that ranges from 1 cent to 5 cents per round, depending on the type of ammunition.
All told, the tax hikes are expected to bring in nearly $512 million a year, with the bulk of that — $474 million — coming from the sales tax increase. Come Jan. 1, Chicago once again will have a sales tax rate of 10.25 percent, the highest among big U.S. cities.
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