In the state of Kentucky, in 1999, which was the last completed report There were a total of 203 homicides in the entire state. Here we have conceal and carry laws.
129 (64%) involved a gun The others used knives, bare hands, and others stuff, for instance in Kentucky it is a homicide if you kill somebody while driving under the influence, and I know a few of those happen each year. The city of Lexington had a total of 24 Murders, doesn't say how many were gun related, but if I remember correctly, not all of them. http://www.kentuckystatepolice.org/data.htm#ciky My point here, when you break it down by state and city, you find that there a real problem spots, where there is a high population, a lot of people in a small place, sub-par inner cities (regardless of the races of people), and a number of other factors. If we could clean up our cities, crime would fall dramatically. At 10:45 AM 11/16/2002 -0500, you wrote: >So what are you saying that there is something intrinsically different if >there is a black population? Or that Winnipeg is not as diverse, if not more >so. If you're trying to argue that then you are being woefully ignorant of >both Winnipeg or Minneapolis. > >As of economies, yes there are very much the same. A mix of mining farming >and manufacturing with a significant portion of service oriented industries. > > >The point remains the same, when you hold all other factors constant, the >only factors that explain a significant portion of homicide rates are the >differences in gun control. > >-- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 Get the mailserver that powers this list at http://www.coolfusion.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
