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iandhr

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9. I am sorry.

Reply to indie9197 (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 30, 2013, 11:15 PM

Dec 2013

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The less-than-a-murder-a-day rate is a dramatic change from 2001, when there were 641 murders in New York City, and from 1991, when the murder rate skyrocketed to a record-high 2,245"

This has something to do with the police.

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New York City Murder Rate In 2013 Reaches Historic Low [View all] iandhr Dec 2013 OP

Proves that gun control is working seattledo Dec 2013 #1

or stop and frisk Duckhunter935 Dec 2013 #3

This is what the article says on that subject iandhr Dec 2013 #4

America's murder rate has been steadily falling for two decades hack89 Dec 2013 #8

Ahh no. former9thward Dec 2013 #16

That's amazing. In_The_Wind Dec 2013 #2

The police are taking credit for it yet indie9197 Dec 2013 #5

I am sorry. iandhr Dec 2013 #9

Well think about it this way- indie9197 Dec 2013 #10

What you should look at is NYC clearance rate to the national average. iandhr Dec 2013 #11

I thought I did but the article is a couple of years old. indie9197 Dec 2013 #12

The police where? Everywhere? The violent crime rate has been dropping across the board for past Chakab Dec 2013 #13

Gun control works. Even the iron highway from red states can't overcome it. onehandle Dec 2013 #6

The causes of ups and downs in crime are complex and hotly debated. Comrade Grumpy Dec 2013 #15

Gun control wins! Squinch Dec 2013 #7

Why didn't the exact same gun control win in 1991? former9thward Dec 2013 #17

That's the nice thing about it! Squinch Dec 2013 #18

Here's the weekly stat sheet from the NYPD OnlinePoker Dec 2013 #14