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Originally Posted by JohnSW
In some locales, people carry guns, because they greatly overestimate the actual crime rate.
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"Murder" and "manslaughter" rates, going back into the 60's, when the FBI started publishing the statistics, can be a bit deceiving. Think about the state of EMS, trauma centers, 911 and cell phone availability back then. A person is quite a bit more likely to survive a shooting now than then.