[NorCalRepub]

I could only find 2002....and as much as I dispise the politics of SF....there are many many cities with much higher crimes indices then SF......and most big cities in Texas rank higher...so who knows?????.

http://www.bestplaces.net/docs/studies/crime3.aspx

[Clemenza]

That's because other than Hunter's Point, San Fran does not have any "Ghettos" anymore. Affluent, yuppies and Gays typically don't go around shooting eachother over drug distribution rights. Seattle has shall-issue concealed carry, but also has a low murder rate largely for the same reason.

Its culture that causes certain areas to be more criminal, not the availability of firearms or lack thereof. Nevertheless, even if I lived in a crime free paradise, I would like to have my protection just in case a thug passes through, whether they be a criminal or a representative of a despotic government.