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Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms
Police Fatalities for '08 Prove CCW Laws No Threat to Cops, Says CCRKBA
January 18th, 2009
Another bogus argument of gun control extremists - that sensible concealed carry laws create an increased threat to police officers - has been refuted by statistics from the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund and published by USA Today. The number of officer fatalities due to gunfire is the lowest in 50 years, noted Alan Gottlieb, chairman of the Citizens Committee for the Right to Keep and Bear Arms. A report out said that this year, 41 officers have died from gunshot wounds, down 40 percent from the 68 who died by gunfire in 2007. Yet the number of concealed carry permits issued by the states has risen, dramatically in some areas, in the past 12...
Source: Pharma Investments, Ventures & Law Weekly (2009-01-18)
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