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I was talking with a friend about "common sense" gun restrictions. As you might guess, assault weapons and magazine capacity came up. I mentioned that the crime rates were declining before the AWB. They declined during and they are lower today than 2004 when the law expired. He was open to the message. I told him that we as a society have to decide if we're going to remove the rights of law abiding citizens if we know that the AWB was ineffective (if "common sense" gun laws were re-activated). As a veteran he was not interested in removing liberties willy-nilly. He said that he wants to dig into it further before he could speak intelligently on the topic. I told him that I appreciated him wanting to engage the cranium.

However, as I look at the number at: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/cr ... es/table-1" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
I do see an uptick in crime 2005-2007. Are there other state or federal issue that were at play at that time? Is is a statistical anomaly? Would love some insight.