Do More Handguns Mean Less Violent Crime?
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This matter has raised many questions like those involving the required restrictions and by the constitutions, the connection about the crime control and gun control as well as the rates at which the gun control have on vices …
PERSPECTIVE: More guns does not mean more crime | Star-Exponent
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PERSPECTIVE: More guns does not mean more crime. By: Richmond … More guns might not lead to less crime; deterrence is a very hard thing to prove. But this much is clear: More guns do not lead to more crime. Virginia's …
Do more handguns equal more or less violent crime?
I was recently surprised to read that,
"States with Higher Percentages of Gun Owners Have Less Violent Crime".
And even more surprised to read that …
"Most conservative estimates show that by adopting shall-issue laws, States reduced murders by 8.5%, rapes by 5%, aggravated assaults by 7% and robbery by 3%.
And if those states that did not permit concealed handgun in 1992 had permitted them back then, citizens might have been spared approximately 1,570 murders, 4,177 rapes, 60,000 aggravated assaults and 12,000 robberies.
To put it even more simply: Criminals, we found, respond rationally to deterrence threats!".
I’d always been against people having guns, but if the above is true then I was wrong.
So would it really be better if our civilan societies were armed with guns?
Why Are So Many Very Intelligent People Not Rich?
Top 40 Wealth Quotations | Science Graphics Education
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“Wealth is largely due to habit.” – John Jacob Astor17. “Wealth may be the product of man's capacity to think.” – Ayn Rand18. “Wealth isn't a few intelligence it's really a couple of inspiration.” – Jim Rohn19. “Money is similar to …
Dr. Joe Vitale and Steve G. Jones' Wealth Trigger | Clean's Blog
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Perhaps you've even thought that wealth and money are only for a select group of people and – for whatever reason – the Universe, the Divine or Infinite Intelligence just doesn't want you in that group? If you've answered yes …
Very smart but definitely not very rich!
Lots of seemingly middle of the road type people get rich and even very rich, whereas many very smart and very intelligent people, many of whom have lots of talent too, remain poor.
Why is that?
Is it just a question of ‘luck’ or is it something else?
