Nearly 80 percent of felons also claimed that they intentionally avoid victims and homes that they believe may be armed. Sixty-nine percent of them knew at least one other criminal who had similar experiences. Thirty-three percent of these criminals admitted to being scared off, shot at, wounded, or captured by a gun-owning victim.

In a research study sponsored by the United States Department of Justice, James Wright and Peter Rossi interviewed over 1,800 incarcerated felons, asking how they felt about civilians and gun ownership. Police are bound by policy and procedures, and are trained to only use their firearms if it’s absolutely necessary.Police are rarely onsite during a crime.There’s many reasons for this, but here are the most prominent: The fact is, criminals fear armed citizens more than they do the police. Perhaps the most notable impact of gun ownership on American society is how it influences the behavior of criminals. Despite this bias, law-abiding private citizens owning guns does have positive impacts on American society that often go unreported – many of which are significant. This anti-gun news bias is widespread among the “urban elite” who have very little personal experience with guns and yet write for influential newspapers like The New York Times, Washington Post, etc. Journalists focus on how many people are killed by guns, how many children get their hands on improperly stored firearms, and how many deranged individuals go on shooting sprees. Nick finds himself in a desperate race against time facing a deadly adversary who always seems to be one step ahead.It’s no secret that mainstream press coverage of gun ownership in the United States tends to be in favor of gun control – especially when those reporting on the topic are not firearm owners themselves. Soon Shelton follows through on his threats, orchestrating, from his jail cell, a string of spectacularly diabolical assassinations that can be neither predicted nor prevented. Then he issues a warning to Nick: Either fix the flawed justice system, or key players in the trial will die. The man who got away with murder is found dead and Clyde Shelton coolly admits his guilt.

Against his will, Nick is forced to offer one of the suspects a light sentence in exchange for testifying against his accomplice. When the killers are caught, Nick Rice (Jamie Foxx), a hotshot, young Philadelphia prosecutor, is assigned to the case. The release will be available for purchase on November 6.Ĭlyde Shelton (Gerard Butler) is an upstanding family man whose wife and daughter were brutally murdered during a home invasion. Gary Gray's action thriller Law Abiding Citizen (2009), starring Jamie Foxx, Gerard Butler, Colm Meaney, Leslie Bibb, and Bruce McGill. Lionsgate Home Entertainment has officially announced that it will release on 4K Blu-ray F.

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