Firearms sales are up and Violent Crime is down: How will the Anti-gun folks spin it?

• First lets consider the fact the firearms sales have skyrocketed the last 4 years. And up 27% since 1998. If you doubt that is true, I invite you to google/bing the following phrase "Firearm Salesman of the Year" Looks something like this: http://sadhillnews.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/10/obama-firearms-salesman-of-the-year-sad-hill-news.jpg Since 1991, when violent crime peaked in the U.S., 24 states have adopted “shall issue” laws, replacing laws that prohibited carrying or that issued carry permits on a very restrictive basis; many other federal, state, and local gun control laws have been eliminated or made less restrictive; and the number of privately-owned guns has risen by about 100 million During the same time, Violent Crime in the US has dropped. In fact, Violent Crime overall is the lowest since 1991 http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/uscrime.htm Last week, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reported that the number of violent crimes fell by a surprising 12% in 2010 and that there were 3.8 million violent crimes last year.http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/story/2011-09-19/fbi-violent-crime-down/50464546/1

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  According to the USA Today article, "An aging population, better policing and continued high rates of imprisonment for criminals are helping to drive down crime rates, criminologists say." You of course know better than the criminologists. It could also be that you are the one trying to "spin it." Edit: You cited USA Today and they cited criminologists. You are no criminologist. Don’t argue with me. Go argue with the sources you’re citing to try to support your theory.