GUN CONTROL: USING CHILDREN FOR POLITICAL ENDS
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Type of Content: Article Gun control organizations often insinuate that the assault weapons ban caused a decline in violent crime, but violent crime peaked in 1991 with an overall rate of 758.2 (per 100,000 population), while the murder rate peaked at 9.8. By 1994, when the “assault weapons” ban went into effect, violent crime dropped 5.9% and murder decreased 8.2%.[2] The death of a child is horrible and painful, and any decent person would do whatever it takes to save that life. How could an organization called the Children’s Defense Fund (CDF) possibly have an agenda that could result in more child fatalities? A recent report by the CDF leads with: “Firearm Deaths Among Children and Teens Increase for the First Time Since 1994: 3,006 in 2005.” Insisting this ties into the now-defunct Clinton “assault weapons” ban, CDF says: According to the most recent data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [CDC], 3,006 children and teens were killed by firearms in 2005, the first increase since 1994 and the first rise in gun deaths since Congress allowed the Assault Weapons Ban to expire in 2004.[1] Gun control organizations often insinuate that the assault weapons ban caused a decline in violent crime, but violent crime peaked in 1991 with an overall rate of 758.2 (per 100,000 population), while the murder rate peaked at 9.8. By 1994, when the “assault weapons” ban went into effect, violent crime dropped 5.9% and murder decreased 8.2%.[2] The Children’s Defense Fund is correct on one point: The CDC reports that, for persons under age 20, the overall firearms death rate rose 5.8% for the 2004-5 time period. However, other categories saw increases as well: The drowning death rate rose 5.3% and struck by/against rate rose 21.8%. It is also important to note that since 1994, the drowning death rate decreased 19.8% and struck by/against dropped 20.1%, while the firearms death rate declined 52.0%. These data illustrate how one year’s data trend may vary from the longer trend. This is why, in response to the preliminary report that crime decreased in 2007 after a two-year increase, an FBI spokesman stated: “One preliminary report does not make a trend…”[3] Read »
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