Violent crimes plummeted in 2013 as gun sales skyrocketed.
It appears that Robert Heinlein was correct: an armed society really is a polite society.
The FBI has just released their latest semi-annual crime report, covering January to June of 2013.
Nationwide, forcible rape was down 10.6 percent, burglary was down 8.1 percent, murder was down 6.9 percent, and aggravated assault was down 6.6 percent from the previous period. Arson plunged a staggering 15.6 percent.
There was slight increase (0.6-percent ) in murders in cities with a population of 25,000-49,999, and a 2 percent rise in murders in cities with a population of 50,000-99,999. The number of murders plunged the deepest in cities with a population of more than 1 million citizens, which reported a 18.5 percent drop.
Overall, violent crime dropped 5.4 percent, with the largest drop in non-metropolitan areas, which saw a 10.5 drop in overall violent crime, and a 13 percent drop in murders.
One interesting factoid…
National Shooting Sports Foundation (NSSF) data shows that women are the fastest growing gun buying demographic
While correlation does not directly lead to causation, no doubt gun ownership plays a role.
