and per capita gun ownership. five of those top ten states also have the highest gun deaths per capita. how do you explain that? they still have a low violent crime rate and a lower murder rate. so you re talking numbers versus rates, and i think that s probably where the disparity is coming in. last question for you here, larry. when we look at the problem ahead of us, several gun shows canceled in the wake of the newtown shooting, doesn t that go against the message that the nr ascent yesterday canceling the gun shows that canceling gun shows at least according to mr. lapierre s statements, need to be at schools and need to defend themselves. each gun show is privately owned and it s an owner s decision as to what to do. i, personally, would not have done that, but if that s their decision, so be it. larry pratt, thank you again.
come and attack a school they d probably take that guard out first and there are school districts around the country and one in texas where i ve spoken with the superintendent northwest of dallas, and the whole state of utah permits concealed carry of teachers and it s worked out very well. these have not become targets because i think most of the criminal class understands that an armed victim is too dangerous to take on, if they can go some other way to do their crime. there are some assumptions there and that is, of course, the question of mental health. you re seeing those of this side like to commit a crime and they re aware of these limitations and these challenges and we just look at columbine as senator feinstein was saying yesterday in addressing mr. lapierre s comment and she was saying look at columbine, there were two armed guards there. that did not work. they fled, whereas if you are under attack and you have a gun
company up over 500%. just to give you an example here of comparison. you would have made less money if you bought a share of tech darling apple which had a lower gain than sturm, ruger & company, but you didn t have to buy stock to win. industry jobs commonly reward employees with a $140,000 salary. that s almost three times the national average according to first research, and because much is done by hand as sales have grown, so have the number of employees. now up 30% over three years and this while the overall economy lost 10% of its jobs. just take a drive, for every mcdonald s there are ten dealers you can buy a gun from. the leading megadealer is walmart. its broad distribution helped fuel an industry sales comeback after a pre-2010 slump. these are the top ten states of guns sold per capita.
then it s rather reasonable to think that you might want to use the gun because the alternative is not good. and to increase the odds of an armed assailant facing potentially deadly return fire is the reason why places like fairfax county where gun owners of america are located are so safe. we have concealed carry in a very urban county and we have a murder rate of .3 per 100,000. why would you need conceal and carry if this is an approach to ward off those who would commit such crimes. would you not to say, look, this is our defense? no, i think concealed carry offers the element of surprise so the perpetrator does not know who will be the one who will fire back. that uncertainty is one of the reasons that we find the crime rates low in areas where there
and jeans made out of sweatpants. so grab yourself some new prilosec otc wildberry. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning. 24 hours. zero heartburn. satisfaction guaranteed or your money back. nobody can get 100% of what they want and this is not simply a contest in terms of parties in terms of who looks good who doesn t. there are real world consequences to what we do here. after that the president moved to hawaii and that s where he is today. the congress is back home for the holidays and you have the fiscal cliff, that s still looming and as they call for armed guards in all of the nation s schools we ll talk to kasim reed, mayor of atlanta and one of the people around the country who say we need fewer gun, not more. as millions travel home for the holidays, stay tuned for that. good day.