# Guns in bars

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-bars/531588>\
**Category:** Great Debates\
**Created:** [March 7, 2010, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-bars/531588 "2010-03-07T03:57:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![Captain\_Amazing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/6de8d8/32.png) [@Captain\_Amazing](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Captain_Amazing)\
**Post date:** [August 27, 2011, 7:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/guns-in-bars/531588/102 "2011-08-27T19:13:50Z")

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> [@Bricker](#):
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> It’s been a year and a half.
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> [From here.](http://www2.timesdispatch.com/news/news/2011/aug/14/tdmain01-gun-crime-drops-at-virginia-bars-and-rest-ar-1237278/)
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> Comments?

What is there to comment on? The statistics show what the statistics show, and I’m glad there hasn’t been an increase in gun crimes in Virginia restaurants and bars over the past year. I don’t see that that changes the fact that guns are dangerous and that people, when they carry guns, are dangerous.

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