If VPC is going to use statistics, so can I.
From 2006 through 2010, there were a total of 70,975 homicides committed in the US.
Of those, 47,856 of those were committed with firearms of some type, which is 67.4266% of the total.
Since we are discussing legal concealed carry, I will assume we are discussing handguns. 34,544 homicides were committed with handguns - that's 48.6707% of the total number of homicides.
Now, VPC reports that 385 homicides were committed by concealed carry license holders between May 2007 and the present time, which comes to about 8 per month. They indicated that the real number is probably significantly higher because of the way they have to obtain their data (through news reports).
Let's estimate high here - if the real number was 20 per month, then from 2006 through 2010, the percentage of homicides committed by concealed carry license holders using handguns would be 0.0845%.
By comparison, from 2006 to 2010, 12.7862% of all homicides were committed with knives or other cutting instruments, and 4.2705% were committed with blunt objects. These are items that can be purchased without any background check or license at your local WalMart. Should they be outlawed?
** Source: http://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/crime-in-the-u.s/2010/crime-in-the-u.s.-2010/tables/10shrtbl08.xls
What is the point of rules that are not enforced?
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