Chicago: 240 murders - pop. 2.875 million
Philadelphia: 190 murders - pop. 1.5 million
Detroit: 170 murders - pop. 713,000
NYC: 170 murders - pop. 8.25 million
These stats are for 2012 as of June 12. What do you think is being protested by NYC’s minority leaders in spite of the fact that 94% of those murdered in NYC are minorities? They are protesting the “stop and frisk” policies being employed by the NYPD. I worked the streets of the Bronx in the early 80’s when we were doing about 2,000 homicides per year. I understand the dislike of the “stop and frisk” policy, but it takes ILLEGAL guns off the street. I think the stats show that “strong” gun laws have no effect, other than the opposite of the one intended as all 4 of these cities have been predominantly controlled by Democrats who favor said gun laws.
The hatred of the white man trumps everything with black
politicans. Actually,Kabul is safer than Chicago!
NYC also has tough gun laws. I hate to say this but you need a tough crackdown on crime before allowing everyone to have a gun, if you want to see a crime reduction.
Taking the ILLEGAL guns off the street through S&F has one other huge advantage: it puts the evidence laden “guppies” in the hands of the law where they can be forced to give up their “no snitching” code and give evidence against the higher ups. Indeed, without aggressively doing S&F, there’s no way any city can beak the gang bangers code of silence. With, S&F, OTOH, many good things become possible. Naturally, the Rev. Jackson will be the first to support this policy. [sarc. off]