7/31/2004 11:28:23 AM|||Nathan Moore|||

Blake Wylie investigates the problems inherent in gun control - increases in crime rates. The correlation seems obvious, which is probably why we didn't hear a peep out of the Million Mom March types at the DNC this year. It's a losing issue. It's an issue that largely cost Gore Tennessee in 2000 (in addition to wholesale abandonment of the state years before). We in the South, and elsewhere who understand how to properly use firearms have long understood this. The places where the Dems are going to win anyway, where the populace sees the gun as some mythical orb of destruction, many of whom have never actually touched a real firearm, are never going to understand the issue pragmatically anyhow. So the result? Don't mention it.

Ireland has wholesale banned firearms on the island for some time now. The criminal mind, which most assuredly is more intuitive than the progressive liberal mind, has taken notice. Next time you go to Ireland, order a kevlar vest along with your pint of Smithwick's.

England has a similar gun policy, and has experienced the expected rise in crime. The all-knowing officials in the UK attempt to explain the rise in crime in terms of low wages, which have created a land of inopportunity. Problem is, the lack of the most efficient method of civilian protection creates an even larger land of opportunity for those who specialize in theft and intimidation. Geeze. Sometimes it hurts the brain to be progressive.

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