It is too little civilization."
Exactly. I got into it with a Chicagoan a few months back who blamed the "gun culture" for the city's high murder rate. I asked why is it, then, that cities like Boise (my hometown), which have a very strong gun culture, can have such a shockingly low murder rate? The answer...it's not the "gun culture", it's the crime culture.
Scouts Out! Cavalry Ho!
Louisiana has a very strong gun culture yet most of Louisiana is relatively peaceful. Just a few hot spots give the whole state a bad rap. And these hot spots have a lot in common. From where I sit I can be in the French Quarter in 35 to 45 minutes, depending on traffic. But New Orleans might as well be 100 miles away as the crime culture is so different.
The answer...it's not the "gun culture", it's the crime culture.
Well said, wku man!
The root cause of crime is criminals.