Tim Lambert (deltoidblog AT gmail.com) is a computer scientist at the University of New South Wales.
Viktor writes:
Of course, we know here in America that the highest crime rates for the past 50 years are in the cities that have the strictest gun control laws (Washington, D.C., New York City, Chicago, Detroit) imposed on innocent people - the distinction being, there can be no gun control that is effective on criminals since they are willing to break the law in the first place.
Too bad for you that it easy to find the actual statistics on the web.
OFFICIAL DEFINITION: An unlawful attack by one person pon another for the purpose of inflicting severe or aggravated bodily injury. This type of assault usually is acccompanied by the use of a weapon or by means likely to produce death or great bodily harm. Simple assaults Are excluded.
RANK CITY 1 Baton Rouge, LA 2 Miami, FL 3 Atlanta, GA 4 Tampa, FL 5 Newark, NJ 6 Peoria, IL 7 Flint, MI 8 St. Louis, MO 9 Orlando, FL 10 St. Petersburg, FL 12 Chicago, IL 15 Detroit, MI 24 Los Angeles, CA 40 Dallas, TX 61 Houston, TX 72 New York, NY 77 Phoenix, AZ 80 San Diego, CA 130 Philadelphia, PA 187 San Antonio, TX
None of the four cities you cite are in the top ten for aggravated assault. Four of the top ten are in Florida, where it is legal to carry concealed weapons.
It is certainly no statistical anomaly that the highest crime is in the areas with the most extreme gun control laws restricting the innocent from self-defense.
What? Like Florida?
