>>the three highest were Baltimore Maryland, 29%; New Orleans, Louisiana, 27.9%; and Newark, New Jersey, at 25.3%. The three lowest cities were Boston, Massachusetts, at 15.3%; Charlotte, North Carolina, at 12.5%; and Cincinnati, Ohio, at 12.2%
This is clearly because the thugs in Baltimore have more practice. Thugs in Cincinnati simply need more range time.
“Baltimore have more practice”
That could be but they really need to factor in speed limits and traffic congestion. Drive-by accuracy, in theory, should be much higher at lower speeds. You may say, but wait what about Boston. Well it’s colder and accuracy goes down as layers are added. Much easier to hit the 10 ring wearing one hoodie versus several.
The author theory is that of local culture.
I places like Cinci or Chicago, the gangs often just exchange fire because they love to shoot. Kind of real version of paintball! People get killed, but often just by accident.
In other places, they really shoot to kill.
I remember something in The Wire about Baltimore urban taking their time (with regards to shooting). Maybe it’s true...