Wednesday, November 09, 2005

School Shootings

Helen Reynolds, Mrs. Instapundit, is commenting on a school shooting near her home in Knoxville. I find this comment at the end of her blog heartenin:
For those of you interested in the gun debate on this issue--it has been found that boys who own legal firearms show less delinquency even then those boys who do not own guns at all. It is the boys that own illegal guns who comitt more crimes--not surprising as they have shown themselves willing to break the law already.
She links to these study results to prove her point.

I've suspected this sort of thing for a while, legal gun owners in general have a very low crime rate. Concealed carry permit holders are far less likely to commit crimes than even police officers. But as a gun owner who aspires to eventually be a parent, I'm still glad that the general statistical trends hold for kids too. Not that statistical trends mean you can rest on your laurels.

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