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Right-to-carry saves lives (NRA OpEd)

A good opinion piece from NRA executive VP, Wayne LaPierre:

Opposing view: Right-to-carry saves lives – Opinion – USATODAY.com
Right-to-carry saves lives. That’s news this paper should cover, not disregard.

While USA TODAY predicted mayhem that never materialized, right-to-carry laws have spread from 15 to 40 states since 1991.

Statistics can’t console grieving families, but might be more useful than defeatist editorials in developing public firearms policy.

Our analysis of FBI crime data shows that in 2006, compared with the rest of the country, states with right-to-carry had overall average violent crime rates 26% lower.

Go read the whole thing…

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