We also have the lowest crime rate in the country. Maybe it is because they figure that everybody is armed.
Patrick Leahy: “We also have the lowest crime rate in the country. Maybe it is because they figure that everybody is armed.”
On the recordJanuary 29, 2003
Editor's note · Context
Linking gun ownership to crime rates in Vermont.
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