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The Myths of Gun Control

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    FBN’s Lou Dobbs on the myths of control and their impact on crime.

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-- -- New York mayor Michael Bloomberg showing his ignorance and point of fact and making just an absolutely false wrong.

Inaccurate statement.

The only reason anyone would have an AK 47 is to kill people that's an absurdity that it is there's just no justification.

-- the broadest interpretation assays have been like that.

The -- trying to rip the Second Amendment out of the constitution.

Misrepresenting reality and doing so some do -- with -- AK 47 stop any.

Most do use them for target practice most have them as.

For self defense and that is by the way mr.

-- A constitutional right of American citizens the mayor concluding there's no reason to have a gun after numerous reasons -- have -- It's this these out of touch elites and the -- That so -- -- our constitution the moaning and empowered independent.

Citizenry.

We just -- -- get some -- here tonight.

Settle a few matters if you will when -- 1994.

Assault weapons ban expired in 2004.

Murders did not skyrocket as a result.

You -- your call that democratic presidential candidate John Kerry.

-- precisely that that would be the result in fact murders.

In 2000.

-- -- over 3%.

Murders fell three point 6% -- and they continued.

Continuing.

And -- going down wash your back the number of murders in this country -- the lowest level in more than.

Forty.

Years.

Just a few facts for everybody to kind of grab hold -- I'm thinking or perhaps a president and a mayor of a major metropolitan city.

On the west on the on the West Coast the East Coast Chicago.

In if this is -- There isn't a single study that shows assault weapon -- had reduced at any type.

Any type of violent crime.

A study conducted for the Justice Department.

By the University of Pennsylvania covered nine years of the federal assault weapons ban stating straightforwardly there was no correlation between the law.

And a reduction in gun violence.

No one wants to look at the facts by the way.

The study for the United States Department of Justice.

And there's plenty of evidence that states -- little while their citizens to carry guns have in fact lower crime rates the National Rifle Association in -- -- states that allow concealed carry.

Have -- 22%.

Lower.

It's -- 22%.

30% or overall.

30% -- Murder.

Rates.

What does -- what does that that the president wants to do the Second Amendment.

Crowd.

But -- 49% you were robberies 12% lower aggravated assault rates compared to the rest of the country.

-- have strict laws meanwhile the most recent FBI figures show.

-- just 358 of the murders by firearm in 2010 involved rifles of any kind assault or otherwise.

By comparison.

Well let's go back to 358.

-- by rifles.

The same year 745.

People.

Were beaten to death were bare hands.

Mayor Bloomberg.

I know you're watching.

Would you ban this is well and the latest Gallup poll on the issue finds the majority of Americans 53%.

Are against banning assault rifles 43% support enacting such a law.

We know what Mayor Bloomberg thinks about so all that soda -- were -- now the Second Amendment.

What we don't know is what he thinks about psychology in the treatment of mental illness and emotional disturbance.

And what can be done to help people like the Colorado shooter.

And the community that depends on psychologists and caregivers.

And psychiatrist.

To alert authorities.

Would -- be too complicated however for everybody.

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