This is 2005 data, I didn't find anything newer but this was just after a quick search: This is just a cut and paste of a small section of the original article but this gets to the point. This is the original Article: http://newsbusters.org/node/9140

 

Right-to-Carry Influence?

 

Sorting FBI data by violent crime rate uncovers some interesting results. The seven least violent states are all shall-issue right-to-carry (RTC). Of the seven most violent states, three are non-RTC (includes D.C.) Since about 75% of all states are RTC, 43% of the worst being non-RTC makes these states over-represented at the unpleasant end. The five states with the lowest murder rate are RTC, but two of the five worst are non-RTC. The eleven states with the lowest robbery rate are RTC, but of the eleven worst, 5 are non-RTC. Nine of 10 states with the lowest assault rates are RTC, while 3 of 10 with the highest rates are non-RTC. The only exception is in rates of rape, where three of the 10 lowest are non-RTC, while only one non-RTC state is in the 10 worst.

 

Overall, non-RTC states average 27.8% higher violent crime rates, most notably 43.8% higher murder and 85% higher robbery rates, than RTC states. (See Table 4) The exception is rape: non-RTC states averaged 21.1% lower rates, reversing a 9-year trend where 10 states with RTC laws enacted during 1995-1996 saw their rates of rape drop faster than non-RTC states

 

Harry

It's a trap. You can't argue with people in NJ about whether carry would decrease crime or whether it would create dangerous situations since OMG it's so scary!

 

None of that makes a spits worth of difference. You have to get people in NJ to realize that carry is NORMAL. That the rest of the country does it. A better stat is that, outside of NJ, MD, WS, and IL, about 1/20 people carry nationwide. And there's certainly nothing "special" about NJ "with all it's population density, cities, beaches and tourist areas, and crime problems." There's no place in NJ that's different from any place you can find where people carry.

It's a trap. You can't argue with people in NJ about whether carry would decrease crime or whether it would create dangerous situations since OMG it's so scary!

 

You hit the nail on the head with the last 3 words. If we can take emotion out of legislation, we get good laws. When people don't use logic we get laws that infringe on our rights. Before long we will be walking around in bubblewrap because it could "save just one life."

Just wanted to post something after the Obama thread that got out of hand and one person (turned into a Brady-BOT) who thought anyplace that people carry or were able to easily purchase turned into the wild west and the rest of the country should model off NJ for how we buy guns. What a joke.

 

Harry