A Liberal, anti gun rights article this week claimed that New York’s strong gun laws make that state safer than weaker gun law states of Arizona and Texas do. The article quoted as an example: 408.1 violent crimes and 6.4 murders/manslaughters in Arizona per 100,000 population compared to 392.1 and 4.5 in New York.
It’s a favorite tactic of almost every anti firearms rights groups to cherry pick statistical numbers and use them to try to give themselves a position of strength in calling for restrictive gun laws.
Well, let’s take a few statistics from the same 2010 FBI Violent Crime Statistics report that they quoted from and put the numbers in actual context compared with states with lower crime rates.
We believe that they must have accidentally “Overlooked” these statistics from the same report.
Let’s start with two states with restrictive gun laws equal to or harsher than New York’s.
In Illinois, with Chicago being the third largest city in the USA, where you can’t even legally take a gun into your garage, and with the state being the only holdout state to forbid any concealed carry, and, even with their stiff restrictions on legal gun purchases, there was more violence per 100,000 persons than in the highly praised "low crime" New York state.
435.2 violent crimes and 5.5 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in Illinois in 2010… versus the
392.1 violent crimes and 5.5 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in New York.
In California: containing 8 cities in the top 50 in USA population, and with all of their restrictive gun laws similar to New York:
440.6 violent crimes and 4.9 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010 in California … versus
392.1 violent crimes and 5.5 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in New York
More violent crime and .6 less murder?
392.1 violent crimes and 5.5 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in New York
More violent crime and .6 less murder?
There's more, but this alone shoots down the flawed premise of their anti gun rights article.
Here are some other states with stronger gun rights than New York, Illinois, and California, and their lower violent crime rates .
In Vermont, where, God forbid, no permit at all is required to carry a concealed handgun, there were 132 violent crimes and 1.1 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in the state in 2010.
Colorado: 320.8 violent crimes and 1.1 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
(Denver # 26 in population, Colorado Springs #41)
Idaho: 221 violent crimes and 1.3 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
Iowa: 273.5 violent crimes and 1.3 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
Kansas: 369.1 violent crimes and 1.3 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
(Wichita # 49 in population)
Kentucky: 242.6 violent crimes and 4.3 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
(Louisville #27 in population)
Minnesota: 236 violent crimes and 1.8 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
(Minneapolis # 48 in population)
Montana: 272.2 violent crimes and 2.6 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
Nebraska: 279.5 violent crimes and 3 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
(Omaha #42 in population)
New Hampshire: 167 violent crimes and 1 murder/manslaughter per 100,000 in 2010
North Dakota: 225 violent crimes and 1.5 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
Ohio: 315.2 violent crimes and 4.1 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
(Columbus #15 in population. Cleveland #45 in population)
Oregon: 268.5 violent crimes and 2.8 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
(Portland #29 in population)
South Dakota: 268.5 violent crimes and 2.8 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
Utah: 212.7 violent crimes and 1.9 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
Washington 313.8 violent crimes and 2.3 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
(Seattle #23 in population)
West Virginia: 314.6 violent crimes and 3.3 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
Wyoming: 195.9 violent crimes and 1.4 murders/manslaughters per 100,000 in 2010
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wonder what those Arizona statistics would be if crimes by illegal aliens were taken out
ReplyDeleteAnd, I wonder what the Texas and Arizona statistics would be if there wasn't an open border and a massive drug cartel war going on in their areas. And, we know fast and furious have contributed to Arizona's murders.
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