<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/> Two Years after Heller verdict, DC sees Homocide rates drop by 9%<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/two-years-after-heller-verdict-dc-sees-homocide-rates-drop-by-9/> *Scotty Starnes <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/author/scottystarnes/>*| January 3, 2011 at 3:22 PM | Tags: 2nd Amendment <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=2nd-amendment>, crime rates <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=crime-rates>, gun control<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=gun-control>, Heller vs DC <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=heller-vs-dc>, homicide rates <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=homicide-rates>, U.S. Supreme Court <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=u-s-supreme-court>, Washington DC <http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?tag=washington-dc> | Categories: Uncategorized<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/?category_name=uncategorized>| URL: http://wp.me/pvnFC-3YN
Two years after the United States Supreme Court ruled that the Washington, D.C. gun ban was in deed unconstitutional<http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/07-290.ZS.html>(Heller vs DC <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/District_of_Columbia_v._Heller>), we are seeing the results. Homicide rates are down 9%. When law-abiding citizens are allowed to use their 2nd amendment rights, crime rates always decrease. As we know, more guns, less crime<http://www.nraila.org/Issues/FactSheets/Read.aspx?id=206&issue=007> . The Washington Times<http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/1/dc-homicide-rate-drops-lowest-1963/> reports: *The District finished 2010 with 131 homicides — a 9 percent reduction from 2009 and the lowest number of killings in the nation's capital since 1963.* *The drop, from 143 killings, was the second straight decline and the seventh time in the last 10 years that the city once referred to as the "murder capital" of the U.S.<http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/united-states-of-america/>recorded fewer than 200 homicides. * Around the region, the results were mixed. Prince George's County police<http://www.washingtontimes.com/topics/prince-georges-county-police/>reported 90 homicides, down from 99 in 2009. That total was the lowest since the county, which routinely finishes behind the District in the region in homicides, recorded 67 killings in 2000. It also comes just five years after the county set a record with 173 killings in 2005. Montgomery County saw an increase from 13 homicides in 2009 to 17 last year. But that number was below the 21 recorded in 2008 and the 19 seen in 2007. Fairfax County also recorded a modest increase, from 14 killings in 2009 to 16 last year, while Arlington County recorded one killing last year, compared with two in 2009. For the District, the continued declines in homicides during this decade to nearly half-century lows are impressive. Less than 20 years ago, the city recorded 482 killings, as turf wars among gangs dealing drugs, particularly crack cocaine, fueled homicide rates more than three times their current levels. Continue reading>>><http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jan/1/dc-homicide-rate-drops-lowest-1963/> Add a comment to this post<http://scottystarnes.wordpress.com/2011/01/03/two-years-after-heller-verdict-dc-sees-homocide-rates-drop-by-9/#respond> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gocomments/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/15301/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godelicious/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/15301/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gofacebook/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/15301/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gotwitter/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/15301/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/gostumble/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/15301/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/godigg/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/15301/> <http://feeds.wordpress.com/1.0/goreddit/scottystarnes.wordpress.com/15301/> [image: WordPress] WordPress.com <http://wordpress.com/> | Thanks for flying with WordPress! Manage Subscriptions<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&email=baconlard%40gmail.com>| Unsubscribe<http://subscribe.wordpress.com/?key=5d39acfd19218362d540a3fc3dc3315d&email=baconlard%40gmail.com&b=uAJ6RnOMe9NR8T%26S-L%26DL%7Cy3uIeKv%5BKbffPc4iR6a>| Express yourself. Start a blog. <http://wordpress.com/signup/?ref=email> *Trouble clicking? Copy and paste this URL into your browser:* http://subscribe.wordpress.com -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
