Re: Guns in Florida

mark@unicorn.com
Fri, 10 Jul 1998 04:45:15 -0700 (PDT)

harv@gate.net wrote:
>But wait, state statistics for Florida show per-capita crime is UP.

From: http://www.fdle.state.fl.us/FSAC/Crime_in_Brief/CR_charts.asp

Florida's violent crime rate per 100,000:

1990 1220.9
1995 1061.6

In what branch of mathematics does a 15% drop equal a rise?

>I'm not saying it can't happen, but you
>sure aren't giving any evidence for your claims.

Duh, not like a 15% drop in state government reported violent crime figures is evidence or anything. Maybe it's risen since, but they don't give those figures so I can't tell; either way it dropped after the concealed carry law was passed.

Mark