Record gun ownership brings record low of murders in 2009

According to the NRA, the FBI is reporting that 2009 may turn out to be the greatest annual decrease in murders since 1960. Non-coincidentally, 2009 also saw an all-time high in privately-owned firearms. The firearms that were most commonly purchased in 2009 are those that gun control supporters most want to be banned—AR-15s, similar semi-automatic rifles, and handguns designed for defense.

I find this ironic and rather amusing. Apparently, Obama’s election has indirectly reduced murders in the US, because as the “bitter gun-clingers” prepare for whatever instability the uncertain future may hold, criminals are afraid to attack an armed populace.

“A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.” (Amendment II to the U.S. Constitution)