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In reply to the discussion: You think Chicago has the worst homicide rate? [View all]hfojvt
(37,573 posts)42. a city isn't a suburb
but it is rather absurd to call St. Louis a city of 350,000 like that 350,000 is somehow comparable to the population of Topeka at 124,000. Really? St. Louis is only 3 times the size of Topeka? It's smaller then than Wichita at 370,000? And so is Minneapolis? Ridiculous.
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I went to the FBI website. It seems that 2011 is the most recent stats they have.
mucifer
Aug 2013
#4
Too bad for you that I didn't say "more guns actually lead to fewer shootings."
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#50
When do you plan on addressing the data from other countries regarding murder rates and
Heywood J
Aug 2013
#49
The murder rate in the US has been declining since at least 1991, per the FBI
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#58
Perhaps the murder rate is down, but the population growth rate is also down.
Heywood J
Aug 2013
#61
Yes, and they also have less income inequality and more social homogeniety than we do.
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#64
And, they require that single gun to be locked up, restrict toting, severely limit amount
Hoyt
Aug 2013
#80
They list them by city and also by MSA (Metropolitan Statistical Area)
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#53
The metro area is based on density and is the standard statistical demographic object
Warren Stupidity
Aug 2013
#48
Isn't Gary Indiana right over the border from Chicago in a pro gun state one of the worst?
coldmountain
Aug 2013
#17
The point from the pro-gun side has been that the ban drove the stats up.
Gidney N Cloyd
Aug 2013
#36
What ban? Tens of millions of guns have been produced during that 40 years, and legally available
Hoyt
Aug 2013
#81
Oh, Chi had bans alright. But you don't want to acknowledge the flaws of prohibition:
Eleanors38
Aug 2013
#82
There are actually people who WANT the United States to have the highest homicide rate
cherokeeprogressive
Aug 2013
#57
"That is why we have the highest homicide rate in the First World, and that is exactly how gun...
friendly_iconoclast
Aug 2013
#60