Florida Crime Rate Drops

In a conversation I remember having with Xel on these boards a while ago, he asked me something like if I knew of any statistics or corollations relating to Castle Doctrine, or similar type self-defense legislation.  Recently in an email I got from the NRA, I read the following: 

"When queried this week about his state's declining crime rate, Florida Governor Jeb Bush (R) told reporters from the Fort Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, "Law abiding citizens that have guns for protection actually probably are part of the reason we have a lower crime rate."

Florida is one of 40 states with Right-to-Carry statutes that allow their law-abiding citizens to carry a concealed firearm for self-defense.  In addition, the state last year passed NRA-backed "Castle Doctrine" legislation that allows citizens to "stand their ground" and defend themselves against an attacker in a place where they have a legal right to be.

Florida's crime rate dropped for the 14th straight year and the crime rate is currently at its lowest level since 1971."


It's probly not the most shining example, but this just came to mind.  Another something to consider, is that the crime rate is so low in that state, even in light of the sunsetting of the assault weapons ban.  The crime rate, last I checked, was down 3.6 percent overall in light of it's removal, and was at an all time low at that time thereafter.

>>4 >>5 Diversity is not an automatical cause of violence. It is a very painful Clause 22 acting here; In order to dismantle the segregation, cultural stereotypes, victimization and relationship between ethnic differences and judicial/economic inequality, people of different colors need to interact on a daily basis and realize that cosmetic/lingual differences don't matter that much. However, in order to reach such a society, we need to overcome segregation, cultural stereotypes, victimization and the relationship between ethnic differences and judicial/economic inequality. My real concern is that neither the left nor the right are ready for this undertaking, and I still don't know if the libertarian solution will heal these problems. My money is on them though.