Cause and effect - gun control in Colorado and in general
The Democratic state government voted in some draconian gun restriction laws.
One large manufacturer moved out of state.
People are ticked.
From
The Washington Times:
Colo. Democrats blamed for $80M hit to economy by pushing out gun firm Magpul
Democrats came under heavy criticism Friday for driving Magpul Industries out of Colorado by pushing an aggressive gun-control agenda, a move that could cost the state more than $80 million annually.
Republican state Rep. Lori Saine said she was �saddened to see this completely partisan law, widely considered unenforceable by sheriffs across Colorado, cause Magpul to leave our state.�
�The magazine ban did not garner one Republican vote in the House or Senate, and now as a result of this one-sided, Democrat-sponsored law, more than 200 people will lose their jobs and their ability to provide for their families,� said Ms. Saine in a statement. �[T]his move will cost the state of Colorado over $80 million a year in revenue.�
And of course, there is this paper at
Applied Economics Letters that looks at thirty years of gun records and comes up with an inconvenient truth for progressive gun grabbers.
From
MEDIAite:
New Study Demolishes Almost Every Gun Control Myth
A study published in the latest issue of the academic journal Applied Economics Letters took on many of the claims made regularly by advocates of stricter gun laws. The study determined that nearly every claim made in support of stronger restrictions on gun ownership is not supported by an exhaustive analysis of crime statistics.
From the
paper's abstract:
Abstract
The purpose of the present study is to determine the effects of state-level assault weapons bans and concealed weapons laws on state-level murder rates. Using data for the period 1980 to 2009 and controlling for state and year fixed effects, the results of the present study suggest that states with restrictions on the carrying of concealed weapons had higher gun-related murder rates than other states. It was also found that assault weapons bans did not significantly affect murder rates at the state level. These results suggest that restrictive concealed weapons laws may cause an increase in gun-related murders at the state level. The results of this study are consistent with some prior research in this area, most notably Lott and Mustard (1997).
Full paper available for download
here (PDF).
Posted by DaveH at January 6, 2014 9:40 PM