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In reply to the discussion: You think Chicago has the worst homicide rate? [View all]X_Digger
(18,585 posts)33. Correct.. using city limits, here's the 2011 list..
LOUISIANA New Orleans 58
MICHIGAN Flint 51
MICHIGAN Detroit 48
MISSOURI St. Louis 35
NEW JERSEY Newark 34
MARYLAND Baltimore 31
MISSISSIPPI Jackson 30
LOUISIANA Baton Rouge 28
CALIFORNIA Oakland 26
CONNECTICUT New Haven 26
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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