Gun Sales Up in 2009, Crime Down

With a “new” decade comes the usual “end of the year” and of course “end of the decade stories” in the mainstream media. It is worth noting that technically the “new” decade should begin in 2011 – There was no year “zero” so if the calendar begins with Year 1 AD, then 10 AD is part of the same decade. Flash forward and 2010 is the final year… but the media says it is a new decade, so you can’t argue.

But there is something else that few in the mainstream media are reporting, and this is far more important. The year actually saw an increase in gun sales yet crime is down. Meanwhile, the last month has been filled of stories about gun buybacks, and “taking guns off the street.” So unless people were buying firearms for $200+ a piece, or taking advantage of those specials to buy surplus/vintage military rifles for $80+, and then handing them in for $20 food coupons, there is really no way to explain why gun sales were up, yet crime was down.

Could it be that law-abiding citizens could own guns responsibility? Maybe in this “new” decade that is something the mainstream media will report on, but something tells us that it won’t happen. So for that reason, we’re not going anywhere.