Why neighborhoods and not cities? Even the cities with the highest crime rates can have relatively safe neighborhoods, and thus it is less useful to generalize about an entire city. But using exclusive data developed by Dr. Schiller at NeighborhoodScout.com, and based on FBI data from all 17,000 local law enforcement agencies, our gallery counts down the 25 neighborhoods with the highest predicted rates of violent crime in America.There are four neighborhoods in Chicago on this list. Obviously, since Chicago has a strict ban on all handguns, this list must be flawed, as Chicago is a veritable paradise on earth where all of G-d's creatures frolic in loving brotherhood, free from the scourge of the evil mind-controlling handguns, right? It's surprising to see that Cinci is the #1 worst neighborhood, or that Florida has two of the top five and matches Chicago for 4 slots (comparing an entire state to one city, though...).
One thing is for certain looking at this list:
- Four slots for Chicago, where handguns are (for the moment) banned
OneTwo slots for MD, which effectively bans CCW (thanks T-bolt!)- One slot for NYC, where only the very rich and very powerful get CCW licenses
- One slot for Springfield, IL (also no CCW)
- One slot for Philadelphia, where the mayor has tried repeatedly to ban CCW
Telling the law-abiding that they cannot arm themselves with the most effective means of defense does not work. More and more states are joining the CCW bandwagon - we're down to only two states that ban concealed carry entirely, and are slowly picking up states that require no permit whatsoever (three currently, AZ, VT, and AK, with - I believe - VA and WY making pushes for the same). At the very least, allowing law-abiding folks to carry concealed firearms isn't adding to the crime rate - that in and of itself should point out the folly of most gun control.
Control the criminal, not the tool, and crime will fall - it's spectacularly simple.
That is all.
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Control the criminal, not the tool, and crime will fall - it's spectacularly simple.
+1
Gee... I wonder what OTHER statistics those neighbor-hoods have in common? hmmmm?
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Over-the-Rhine in Cinci isn't that bad. I have been there many times. I bet the most danger is to the drug dealers, not the average person. I have many friends who live and work there. Huge farmers market, and other stuff, as well as the empty buildings and riff-raff.
Funny things about those neighborhoods in those states that have CCW. Speaking only of Cleveland ( my neck of the woods), that neighborhood looks more like Fallujah than a residential estate. So money for the CCW license is tough to get. But, that is the heart of 40+ years of Socialized Welfare Handouts for votes, and the Sheeple who reside there tend to NOT call 911 unless they're getting killed inside their home. Finnally, many of those residents could NOT pass a Background Check to legally purchase a Handgun from a Gun Shop, let alone the much tougher Background Investigation that is needed in Ohio. Add it all up, and you get a "Perfect Storm" of EPIC FAIL. But that's how the Cleveland Politicians maintain their base (and no, I don't know how Convicted Felons get to stay on the Cuyahoga County Board of Elections Voting Rolls, you'll have to ask them).
Just had a similar theme up on my place.
http://www.weerdworld.com/2010/heres-the-real-problem/
Hey look, a lovely little choir boy with no reguard for law or human life, and look the biggest nanny-state in the world isn't stopping him from adding again and again to his rap sheet.
TWO spots for Bawlmer Murland. West Baltimore and North.
< The gun laws in these areas simply aren't working>
Beware that line as it's true but the cognitively crippled Brady's interpret that as next time we will have a better gun law that is more effective (synonym for more restrictive) in curbing illegal guns. Everyone that isn't using the brain to keep the ears apart understands this.
Me I'm for fewer and simpler laws that are enforcible plus real enforcement.
Eck!
One of the neighborhoods is in my neck of the woods -- Fort Worth.
Care to guess the income level of that neighborhood, besides very low?
Nearly poverty level -- yet even for people living in poverty, it costs close to $150 to get a Concealed Handgun License -- and that is with a 50% discount on the actual License Fee.
Then there is the use of unprescribed pharmaceuticals sold by licensed pharmacists, the failing education system and break down of the family system -- but let's not mention those -- let's only talk about firearms.
I'm not so sure about this. I don't think it really shows much pertaining to gun control in relation to crime. There are neighborhoods on there that go both ways.
Nice to know that I frequently travel through the thirteenth worst neighborhood in the country. Only during the day though. I wouldn't go near there at night. The northern boundary of that area should be moved up to Jefferson.
Over-the-Rhine is worse than Price Hill?
Note that one of the b'more areas (#20 on the list) is right alongside the touristy trap of the Baltimore Inner Harbor.
Also, really, it just goes to show there is no particular correlation between gun laws and crime, as several of the spots are in areas I would consider to be at least neutral if not friendly to carry (FL, AR, TX, PA). They're all urban areas, and I'm sure other similarities can be drawn, but state gun laws aren't one of them.
That's my point exactly. The areas that have strict gun control - no CCW or extremely limited CCW - are often worse than areas with less gun control.
IOW, the laws are completely ineffective at controlling crime - but spectacularly good at creating victims...
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