Yep ... Same with Washington, Chicago, LA etc.
Contra the original author, the problem isn't guns. The problem is bad people. One doesn't counter "bad people" by banning guns, but by empowering "good people". Most of the article actually addressed the "bad people" issue. The gun thing stuck out like a sore thumb.
Cities have their advantages but in my opinion the disadvantages such as liberalism and a resulting high crime rate far out weigh any advantages. I'll never live in a city again.
I lived in D.C. for 4 years in the mid 60s and it was a stinking s*** hole then, I understand that it has only gotten worse since then and I never would have thought that possible at the time.
I live in a small town (population about 1600), have lived in the same house for about 20 years and have never had anything stolen from me. But yes, I do still lock my doors at night and have a .357 close at hand, because even in small towns, bad things do occasionally happen. I've always liked the Boy's Scouts motto, "be prepared".
I bet that if the analysis were done with knives or lead pipes, that the results would be very much the same story as it is with guns. In which case, the entire gun angle is destroyed - unless one also wishes to get knives and lead pipes off the streets. How about the demographics of people killed with large chunks of asphalt? I bet that would be the same, too. But getting asphalt off the streets is going to be difficult.