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on July 18, 2015 in World News

Conceal carry rates growing fastest among women, blacks

Conceal carry rates growing fastest among women, blacks Number of permit holders has risen 15.4% in the last year alone by Courtney Such | Real Clear Policy How many people are licensed to carry concealed guns in your state? The Crime Prevention Research Center has released a paper with the numbers, finding that the number of permit holders has risen 15.4 percent in the last year alone. We sat down with the organization’s president, More Guns, Less Crime author John Lott, to discuss the findings. The interview has been edited for length and clarity. Why do you think there has been such a surge in permit… View Article

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on July 11, 2014 in World News

Black Americans: The True Casualties of Amnesty

Black Americans: The True Casualties of Amnesty This article originally appeared in National Review One of the sleeper issues surrounding the debate on amnesty for illegal immigrants – an inconvenient one that no proponent of a widespread amnesty wishes to acknowledge – is the devastating effect so-called immigration reform will have on African Americans. The black unemployment rate is almost 11 percent, far higher than that of any other group profiled by labor statistics. African Americans are disproportionately employed in lower-skilled jobs – the very same jobs immigrants take. As Steven Camarota asked in a recent column, why double immigration… View Article

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on July 16, 2013 in World News

‘There’s No Such Thing as Black-on-Black Crime’

Daily Beast: ‘There’s No Such Thing as Black-on-Black Crime’ On Monday, in response to my piece on 17-year-old Darryl Green of Chicago, who was found shot to death after refusing to join a gang at school, Jamelle Bouie of The Daily Beast claimed that “black-on-black crime” is a myth. “There’s no such thing as ‘black-on-black’ crime. Yes, from 1976 to 2005, 94 percent of black victims were killed by black offenders, but that racial exclusivity was also true for white victims of violent crime—86 percent were killed by white offenders. Indeed, for the large majority of crimes, you’ll find that… View Article

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