> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:brin-l- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Doug Pensinger > Sent: Saturday, August 09, 2003 12:40 AM > To: Killer Bs Discussion > Subject: Re: Politics, was [L3] Re: fight the evil of price discrimination > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > (And, oh yes: Texas does not have less > > crime than other states.) > > For instance, the murder rate in Texas in 2000 was 5.9 > > http://www.cjpc.state.tx.us/stattabs/crimeintexas/00CrimeSection_U.pdf > > While the rate in New York for the same year was 5.0 > > http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/nycrime.htm >
That can be attributed to more stringent NY state laws for gun ownership instituted in the '90's as well as a mayor who was serious about reducing crime. I was/am wholeheartedly in favor of both. I believe I posted a somewhat lengthy mail a few months back about NYS laws regarding gun control. Jon Le Blog: http://zarq.livejournal.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l