Someone has discovered a term I’ve been using for a while now – “Victim Disarmament”.

It’s a very appropriate term, too. It is no coincidence that Florida’s violent crime rate dropped heavily when they instituted “shall issue” concealed carry – criminals don’t want to be killed, and armed victims – especially when you don’t know who is armed – make that a lot more likely.

So, they did what enterprising criminals do – the moved on to other, easier targets. Property crime (grand theft auto, burglary – not robbery) went up. But murders, assaults and rapes went down. Yes, it would be nice if you didn’t get the associated rise in property crime, but over all a pretty good trade.

Now, I realize that this truth may not digest well if you lean towards the “gun control” side – so, here are the citations. And, unlike the Harvard Study (remember “You’re 43 more time likely to be killed with your own gun” and other studies?), John Lott releases all of his numbers and datasets for public consumption. Feel free to take a look at them and prove him wrong.

It’s come to light that, as suspected, a lot of the early-90’s “anti-gun” legislation coming out of D.C. was pre-planned – in fact, Judicial Watch just found a smoking gun showing just that. (Yes, pun intended.)

I’m very curious to see how the Dems handle the next election. Every time they’ve grabbed the gun control lever they’ve lost – big – in local and national elections. The only place it actually plays well is in very heavy Dem leaning areas like Massachusetts and parts of coastal California. Will they finally figure out that “gun control” is a losing game and to just drop it?

Perhaps – it seems that, for the first time in years, gun control is not part of the stated party platform. I guess we’ll see, but I’m not going to hold my breath.