FirstFreedom
Moderator
Guys, the 2005 FBI Uniform Crime Statistics are out as of this month:
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/
This is the first *really good* opportunity to write letters to editors and such to point how the sunset of the 94-04 homeland defense rifle and standard capacity magazine ban, had no effect or a negative effect on crime reduction, in the period from September 14, 2005 until December 31, 2005, but specifically from Jan 1 2005 to Dec 31 2005, the first full year following the sunset of the ban.
Of course you remember all the naysayers saying that blood will run in the streets, and every other politician, police chief, and their dogs were against the ban's sunset, blah blah blah. And of course they were wrong. Now we have the proof to show them.
Get on it, you guys with writing skills. Do this on a town-by-town grass roots basis to make everyone who predicted chaos and crime by the sunset, look very stupid for predicting as much. I'm starting with my local police chief, who was against the sunset. I'll post my letter after I compose it.
Dig up the comparative 05 and 04 data, for the nation, your region, and your state, and compare them, or better yet, to control for the "split" year of '04, compare the 03 data with the 05 data, the two years for which each entire year was wholly within or without the ban.
Thanks for your help.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/05cius/
This is the first *really good* opportunity to write letters to editors and such to point how the sunset of the 94-04 homeland defense rifle and standard capacity magazine ban, had no effect or a negative effect on crime reduction, in the period from September 14, 2005 until December 31, 2005, but specifically from Jan 1 2005 to Dec 31 2005, the first full year following the sunset of the ban.
Of course you remember all the naysayers saying that blood will run in the streets, and every other politician, police chief, and their dogs were against the ban's sunset, blah blah blah. And of course they were wrong. Now we have the proof to show them.
Get on it, you guys with writing skills. Do this on a town-by-town grass roots basis to make everyone who predicted chaos and crime by the sunset, look very stupid for predicting as much. I'm starting with my local police chief, who was against the sunset. I'll post my letter after I compose it.
Dig up the comparative 05 and 04 data, for the nation, your region, and your state, and compare them, or better yet, to control for the "split" year of '04, compare the 03 data with the 05 data, the two years for which each entire year was wholly within or without the ban.
Thanks for your help.