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D.C. Gun Ban's Effectiveness Questioned
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New York State Rifle & Pistol Association
Website: http://www.nysrpa.org
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"On Sept. 24, 1976, one of the toughest gun laws in the nation took effect in the District of Columbia, essentially outlawing the private ownership of new handguns in a city struggling with violence."
"Over the next few weeks, a man with a .32-caliber pistol held up workers at a downtown federal office at midday, a cab driver was shot in the head, and a senator was mugged by three youths, one carrying a revolver, near the U.S. Capitol."
"Since the ban was passed, more than 8,400 people have been murdered in the district, many killed by handguns. Nearly 80 percent of the 181 murders in 2007 were committed with guns."
"On Tuesday, the Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments in a challenge to the city's handgun ban. ..." ... |
| Comment by:
info@GunShowOnTheNet.com
(3/15/2008)
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1988 620000 369
1989 604000 434
1990 606900 472
1991 598000 482
1992 589000 443
1993 578000 454 ("gentrification" in the projects starts - moving the "problem" out of the city)
1994 570000 399
1995 554000 360
1996 543000 397
1997 529000 301
1998 523000 260
1999 519000 241
2000 572059 239
2001 573822 231
2002 569157 264
2003 557620 249
2004 554239 198
2005 582049 195
2006 581530 169
So, when COMPARING 1976 TO 2006, there were 19 less murders after the population had FALLEN by 120,470. Some 'decline', eh? Not to mention all those years when the murder rate had a HUGE spike.... ALL 'gun control' shows similar results, some even much worse.... |
| Comment by:
crotalus
(3/15/2008)
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| Info, I always thought that there was a huge jump immediately after the ban. However, I see there's no DECREASE in the murder rate, and with the big spike later on, there's no correlation between the ban and the murder rate. |
| Comment by:
PatHenry@freedom.org
(3/15/2008)
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Normalizing the murder data per 100K population ->
Year Murders Per 100K Population
1966 17.45
1967 22.00
1968 24.10
1969 35.96
1970 29.21
1971 37.11
1972 32.75
1973 35.92
1974 38.31
1975 32.82
1976 26.78
1977 27.83
1978 28.04
1979 27.44
1980 31.48
1981 35.06
1982 30.74
1983 29.37
1984 28.09
1985 23.48
1986 30.99
1987 36.17
1988 59.52
1989 71.85
1990 77.77
1991 80.60
1992 75.21
1993 78.55
1994 70.00
1995 64.98
1996 73.11
1997 56.90
1998 49.71
1999 46.44
2000 41.78
2001 40.26
2002 46.38
2003 44.65
2004 5.72
2005 33.50
2006 29.06
Ave Murder rate before ban = 30.22 / 100k
Ave Murder rate after ban = 46.82 / 100K
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| Comment by:
PatHenry@freedom.org
(3/15/2008)
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TOP TEN
Murder and non-negligent man-slaughter Av. rate/ 100,000 of population
1 New Orleans 52.3
2 Washington,D.C. 43.9
3 Detroit 41.8
4 Baltimore 38.7
5 Atlanta 34.0
6 St. Louis 32.5
7 Birmingham 30.3
8 Newark, NJ 28.2
9 Oakland, CA 24.6
10 Memphis 22.4
BOTTOM TEN
Honolulu 1.7
San Jose 3.2
El Paso 3.6
Austin 4.0
Portland 5.0
San Diego 5.1
Seattle 5.9
Boston 6.6
Louisville 6.7
San Antonio 7.0
Must be some other factor than even the GUN BAN! |
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