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by C-dub
Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:16 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Austin News on violence and guns
Replies: 39
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Re: Austin News on violence and guns

RPB wrote:
C-dub wrote:Isn't it the other way around? I mean, who goes and buys a gun from a store, where gun sales can be tracked, to commit a crime with? Sure, there are bound to be some, but I'd bet that a large majority of guns used in crimes are obtained by means other than honestly or in ways that can be tracked. I think that gun sales go up in response to violent crime.
:tiphat:
The number of new gun licences issued on the Gold Coast has risen 36 per cent in the past two years, nearly double the increase across Queensland, with one criminologist attributing the rise to fears over home invasions
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That one's not too old, but it is a little dusty. I missed that one last year.
by C-dub
Wed Jun 20, 2012 7:07 pm
Forum: General Texas CHL Discussion
Topic: Austin News on violence and guns
Replies: 39
Views: 5812

Re: Austin News on violence and guns

Isn't it the other way around? I mean, who goes and buys a gun from a store, where gun sales can be tracked, to commit a crime with? Sure, there are bound to be some, but I'd bet that a large majority of guns used in crimes are obtained by means other than honestly or in ways that can be tracked. I think that gun sales go up in response to violent crime.

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