Crime rates ALSO go down when an NRA convention is in town.
Studies in NJ and Maryland have conclusively shown that while prior criminal/illegal gun owners (not NRA types) are about 10% of gun owners, they and their guns are well over 90% of gun injuries.
This is also why having a gun at home — if you are not a criminal with an illegal gun — makes your household about 25% safer from violence than homes with no firearms
Crime rates ALSO go down when an NRA convention is in town.
Studies in NJ and Maryland have conclusively shown that while prior criminal/illegal gun owners (not NRA types) are about 10% of gun owners, they and their guns are well over 90% of gun injuries.
This is also why having a gun at home — if you are not a criminal with an illegal gun — makes your household about 25% safer from violence than homes with no firearms