Eastern Pennsylvania Firearms Coalition   P. O. Box 734, Allentown, PA 18105   (Formerly Lehigh Valley Firearms Coalition)   Spokesmen:  John Brinson, Jack Iannantuono   Attorney: Eric R. Strauss, Esq.    Phone 610-395-2088  Fax 610-398-9340   Representing over 100,000 gun owners in the counties of   Carbon, Berks, Bucks, Lehigh, Monroe, Northampton and Schuylkill

All radio ads prior to September of 2008 were run under the name Lehigh Valley Firearms Coalition. These radio ads are here to preserve the past efforts to educate the public. We hope you enjoy listening to them.

Background Information

Results of a recent FBI report and increased gun purchases and ownership shows that as gun ownership goes up, crime rates drop.

At the bottom of the page you can also view or download a .PDF file which is a large report showing the larger number of gun shows in a local area, the lower the gun related deaths. Report courtesy of Firearms Owners Against Crime.

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Eastern Pennsylvania Firearms Coalition

 

Violent Crime Low

January, 2009

 

In September, the FBI released its annual crime report, showing that the nation's violent crime rate is, to quote the Justice Department, "near a thirty-year low." The nation's murder rate is near a forty-year low. Meanwhile, the number of privately owned guns in the United States is at an all-time high and rising by over four million annually. The major U.S. cities with the highest murder rates were cities with severe gun control: Detroit, Baltimore, and the District of Columbia. As it has been in years past, states with Right-to-Carry concealed firearms, including Pennsylvania, had much lower violent crime rates than the rest of the country: Total violent crime in Right-to-Carry states was twenty-four percent lower, murder twenty-eight percent lower, robbery fifty percent lower, and aggravated assault eleven percent lower. This means that guns owned by law-abiding citizens do not cause crime. They prevent crime. We recommend that all citizens own guns and learn how to use them safely.

This message is brought to you by the Forks of the Delaware Arms Society and the Eastern Pennsylvania Firearms Coalition.

The EPAFC recommends you save this .PDF file and send it as an attachment to your friends in an email.
Click Here to download Gun Show Report described at top of page.

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EPAFC is a registered Pennsylvania non-profit Corporation dedicated to protecting and preserving the Right of the People to Keep and Bear Arms. Not affiliated with any political party nor any other group.

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   Mail to:  EPAFC, Box 734, Allentown, PA 18105
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