rumitoid wrote:
Where the problem is in this either/or view of gun control. There are many unexpected benefits in stricter gun controls and none is loose gun control. Loose gun control does not make people less violent. All the Northeast has less gun violence than the rest of the nation. They are in the bottom fifteen. Those in the top fifteen are listed here. Why are they so violent?
15. Nevada
14. Tennessee
13. Kentucky
12. West Virginia
11. Wyoming
10. South Carolina
9. Arkansas
8. New Mexico
7. Missouri
6. Montana
5. Oklahoma
4. Mississippi
3. Louisiana
2. Alabama
1. Alaska
How many Southern States with loose gun laws and other Red states are in the top fifteen of gun violence? Please explain this. One would hopefully think that those top fifteen states for gun violence would beg the president to DO SOMETHING! But they are Red so they never will.
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The stats you posted are ambiguous, they do not take into account where the most violent crime is concentrated within the states--which is of course in metropolitan areas--and the stats do not account for the overall population of the state.
In Nevada, for example, (one of the least populated states) the overwhelming majority of crimes occur in Las Vegas with Reno a distant second. In Vegas, the crimes are even further concentrated in North Las Vegas where the majority of the population is minorities, including a fair share of illegals. Both of those cities are governed by democrats.
So, here are the 25 most violent cities in America:
1. St. Louis, Missouri
2. Detroit, Michigan
3. Baltimore, Maryland
4. Memphis, Tennessee
5. Kansas City, Missouri
6. Little Rock, Arkansas
7. Milwaukee, Wisconsin
8. Rockford, Illinois
9. Cleveland, Ohio
10. Stockton, California
11. Albuquerque, New Mexico
12. Springfield, Missouri
13. Indianapolis, Indiana
14. Oakland, California
15. San Bernardino, California
16. Anchorage, Alaska
17. Nashville, Tennessee
18. Lansing, Michigan
19. New Orleans, Louisiana
20. Minneapolis, Minnesota
21. Chicago, Illinois
22. Houston, Texas
23. Hartford, Connecticut
24. Chattanooga, Tennessee
25. Beaumont, Texas
Without the specific details, the map here shows where the highest crime rates are concentrated (BLUE), and where the crime rates are low (RED).
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