Ravenwood - 11/21/02 03:24 PM
Here are some facts you never hear in main stream media:
"Boys who own legal firearms have much lower rates of delinquency and drug use and are even slightly less delinquent than nonowners of guns." -- U.S. Department of Justice, National Institute of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, NCJ-143454, "Urban Delinquency and Substance Abuse", August 1995.Here's what a 1995 federal study investigating juvenile crime found after looking at 20,000 randomly selected households:
Relationship between type of gun owned and percent committing street, drug and gun crimes.Thanks to Gun Defense Clock. Check out their site for more useful information.Illegal gun:
Street crimes = 74%
Drug use = 41%
Gun crimes = 21%No gun:
Street crimes = 24%
Drug use = 15%
Gun crimes = 1%Legal Gun:
Street crimes = 14%
Drug use = 13%
Gun crimes = 0%
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