Dick Tuck
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I'm not talking about self-defense, justifiable homicide. I'm talking about illegal handgun murders. The murder rates I used, come from the FBI Uniform Crime Statistics. Mississippi, Louisiana, and South Carolina lead the nation in handgun murder rates. Those three states, also have among the highest percentage of handgun ownership.
Here's another bit of news for you. Most murders are the result of domestic arguments, and not in the commission of other crimes.
I doubt MS, LA, and SC lead the nation in handgun murders. Flint and Detroit can probably beat each of them. I think you are referring to a percentage rate. You also switched from illegal handgun murders to handgun murder rate. Not the same. Try again?
They do lead the country in murder RATES, which is what I said. Totals make no sense, when talking about crime.
The murder rate in Louisiana is 7.75 per 100,000, while New York is 2.64. As for cities, how can we compare them in any reasonable way. I'm sure that cities have higher homicide rates. I'm also sure that criminal on criminal murder is the most dominant form in cities.
In any case, the argument that handgun ownership reduces or deters crime is bullshit. The armed robbery rate in Texas, for example, is 64.57 per 100,000 while in New York it's 12.97. That's almost a 5 to 1 difference.