Pennsylvania has more guns & more carry licensees per capita than any other state. Yet – if Philadelphia is subtracted from the equation— our state’s homicide rate is as low as Western Europe’s and our violent crime rate is lower than England’s.--Preston K. Covey, Ph.D., presented to: The Pennsylvania Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing on Urban Violence, August 10, 2006, Pittsburgh, PA
[Via Dan Gifford, via Don B. Kates, Jr.]