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jimmy the one

(2,708 posts)
6. big bad scary towns (crime rates)
Tue Apr 26, 2016, 01:16 PM
Apr 2016

Baltimore had a spike in murders due the killing of freddie gray last year, & subsequent rioting & civil unrest.

I know it's a bit dated at 4 years old, but even with the spike in balto's murder in 2015, the 4 gun control cities overall fared better in 2012 than the 9 pro gun cities listed below:

...all rates, 2012...pop ..... violcr... murder... property
Gun control cities
Los Angeles 3,855,122 ....... 481 ....7.8 ......2,269 (+~14%vcr,2014)
Baltimore 625,474 .........1,405 ......35 ..... 4,660
New York 8,289,415 .........639 ...... 5.1 ....1,722 (still safest >500k population)
Chicago 2,708,382 ...........N/A .....18.3 .... 4,152 (handguns ok 2011)

Pro gun cities:
Tenn Memphis 657,436 .......1,750 ....20.2 ....6,312
Dallas 1,241,549 ..................675 .....12.4 ...4,373
Houston 2,177,273 ...............992 .....10.0 ...4,945
Kansas City 464,073 ...........1,263 ......22 ....5,525
Nashville 620,886 ..............1,216 .....10.0.....4,195
St. Louis 318,667 ..............1,776 ......35 .....6,902 (siccw 2005)
Detroit 707,096 .................2,122 ......54 ....5,792 (siccw 2002, leans gun)
New Orleans 362,874............815 .......53 .....3,772
Oklahoma City 595,607 ........919 ......14.3 .... 5,941.8

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate_(2012)

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