"Nice try , but no cigar . It 's been widely reported , even on liberal-run media , that states with 'conceal carry laws ' have had a reduction in overall crime and more dramatic reductions in specific crimes like murder , etc . Myself , I do n't worry with providing 'raw data ' for lazy liberals who wo n't be swayed in their rabid hatred of 'gun ownership ' anyway . Just keep believing Sarah Brady and the rest of those fools . However , you might want to read some of John Lott 's stuff : http : //www.johnrlott.com/ http : //www.press.uchicago.edu/Misc/Chicago/493636.html"
"`` According to the Federal Bureau of Investigation 's Uniform Crime Reports , from 1997 to 1998 the nation 's overall crime rate dropped 6.4 % , from 4930.0 to 4615.5 crimes per 100,000 population . More telling is this continuing trend where crime fell faster in states that have strict carrying concealed weapons ( CCW ) laws or that do not allow the carrying of concealed weapons at all than in states which have lax CCW laws. `` '' From 1992 to 1998 ( the last six years for which data exists ) , the violent crime rate in the strict and no-issue states fell 30 % while the violent crime rate for the 11 states that had liberal CCW laws ( where law enforcement must issue CCW licenses to almost all applicants ) during this entire period dropped only 15 % . `` http : //www.bradycampaign.org/facts/r ... truth & amp ; menu=gvr"
"states with 'conceal carry laws ' have had a reduction in overall crime and more dramatic reductions in specific crimes like murder"
"the violent crime rate in the strict and no-issue states fell 30 % violent crime rate for the 11 states that had liberal CCW laws dropped only 15 %"