Do More Guns Really Mean More Safety?

[the band leader]

8. Alaska has very little gun crime actually-19 gun homicides in 2013 to be specific

They have an exceptionally high incidence of suicide and rape however. That's bad of course but not in any way shape or form related to the Alaskan gun control laws/policies. 19 gun homicides in one year in a state known to be the last frontier and known for having inadequate law enforcement. That's nothing. Chicago and Baltimore manage that every couple of weeks and Illinois and Maryland have very strict gun control laws. I know you want to say but but but the per 100,000 rate blah blah blah. But I don't care. I'm not buying that BS. 19 gun homicides in 1 year. BFD.

Including Hawaii is just ridiculous as Hawaii is not at all demographically representative of the continental states. All of the actual causes of gun violence are absent in Hawaii. But if you want to talk about Hawaii, why don't we talk about this:

Hawaii firearms registrations shot up more than 70 percent in 2012, while gun violence continued a four-year decline, according to a new state Department of the Attorney General report.

Over the last 13 years, from 2000 through 2012, state statistics show a continuous rise in firearms ownership. Statewide permit applications processed annually climbed 336.9 percent, while the number of firearms registered soared by 370.1 percent, and firearms imported climbed 325 percent. County permit applications followed the same trend, the report said.

More guns----->decreasing violent crime.


Why is that?