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US murders concentrated in 5 percent of counties
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| 2017.4.26
| Perry Chiaramonte
Posted on 04/27/2017 1:04:52 PM PDT by Crime Prevention
The majority of murders in the U.S. occur in only a small percentage of counties across the country. The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) said in a new report that there is a “geographical concentration” of murders, with 68 percent of killings occurring in just 5 percent of the nation’s counties. The homicides also tend to be concentrated to relatively small pockets of those counties, the report said. The report’s authors also looked at numbers from a 2013 REW Research Center survey, which found that the household gun ownership rate in rural areas was over two times greater than in urban areas. That study also found that suburban homeowners are 28 percent more likely to own guns than urban dwellers.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption
KEYWORDS: crime; usmurders
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To: Crime Prevention
It’s a complete mystery I tell ya!!!
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:06:16 PM PDT
by
NativeSon
( Grease the floor with Crisco when I dance the Disco)
To: Crime Prevention
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:06:16 PM PDT
by
Fido969
(IN!)
To: Crime Prevention
Gee, how many of those 5% responsible for 68% are controlled by Democrats?
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:07:19 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
To: NativeSon
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:09:14 PM PDT
by
abb
("News reporting is too important to be left to the journalists." Walter Abbott (1950 -))
To: Crime Prevention
One of the most interesting findings in the report is that areas with the highest gun ownership rates have low murder rates. How can that be?
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:10:07 PM PDT
by
Gamecock
("We always choose according to our greatest inclination at the moment." R.C. Sproul)
To: Crime Prevention
An intellectually honest appraisal of crime in the United States would conclude that locking up democrats would turn us into one of the safest countries on the planet.
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:10:13 PM PDT
by
SpaceBar
To: abb
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:12:25 PM PDT
by
BenLurkin
(The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
To: Crime Prevention
One of the most interesting findings in the report is that areas with the highest gun ownership rates have low murder rates.No kidding.
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:12:55 PM PDT
by
Inyo-Mono
To: Crime Prevention
it is also striking that the counties with zero murders are the counties with by far the highest gun ownership rates
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It is much harder to murder an armed man.
Trayvon Martin found out the hard way.
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:13:21 PM PDT
by
Lurkinanloomin
(Natural Born Citizen Means Born Here Of Citizen Parents - Know Islam, No Peace -No Islam, Know Peace)
To: Gamecock
[ How can that be? ]
Oh it be....
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:14:27 PM PDT
by
SaveFerris
(Hebrews 13:2 Do not forget to entertain strangers, for ... some have unwittingly entertained angels)
To: Crime Prevention
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:18:46 PM PDT
by
dangerdoc
(disgruntled)
To: Crime Prevention
The homicides also tend to be concentrated to relatively small pockets of those counties
/s
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:19:47 PM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Crime Prevention
What portion of the population LIVES in those 5% of all counties?
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:20:18 PM PDT
by
dangus
To: Crime Prevention
Wow....really, areas that people own guns have less crime. Who would have thunk that? LOL! Of course. Notice the evil ones who do mass shootings never pick a gun zone place.
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:20:41 PM PDT
by
ColdOne
((I miss my poochie... Tasha 2000~3/14/11~ Best Election Ever!)
To: SpaceBar
Except for the occasional “Morning Joe” DB...
To: Crime Prevention
Oh Lord, don’t let the Democrats see this and start in with equitable distribution.
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:21:42 PM PDT
by
The Toll
To: Crime Prevention
And..., demographics???
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:22:32 PM PDT
by
ExSES
(the "bottom-line")
To: Crime Prevention
This is not news, this have been known for a long time.
It is gangs, drugs, poverty, and Democratic Party political policies that cause the high concentration of killings.
It also shows the futility of gun control in areas where criminals are not likely to prosecuted or sent away for long jail term.
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:23:22 PM PDT
by
Robert357
( Dan Rather was discharged as "medically unfit" on May 11, 1954.)
To: Crime Prevention
Cook County has to be on this list since Chicago alone had over 500.
Let me see if I can figure this out - you have a pack of wolves organized into armed gangs and you have a flock of sheep. And the sheep get eaten.
Legal urban gun ownership is below that of suburban. Gun control laws are Racist.
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posted on
04/27/2017 1:25:43 PM PDT
by
arrogantsob
(Check out "CHAOS AND MAYHEM" at Amazon.com.)
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