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**Arrocousa** · 01-10-2012, 08:04 PM

That chart is old and useless. In 1997 there was a different mindset. The stats from 1997 vs. today might actually surprise many.

http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/nycrime.htm

http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/murd...ally-and-state

Crime rates are actually going down

Yes, there's probably newer more useful data but the fact that crime is going down has nothing to do with gun ownership.

01-10-2012, 08:04 PM	#3
Arrocousa Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 530 Senior Member	That chart is old and useless. In 1997 there was a different mindset. The stats from 1997 vs. today might actually surprise many. http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/nycrime.htm http://www.deathpenaltyinfo.org/murd...ally-and-state Crime rates are actually going down Yes, there's probably newer more useful data but the fact that crime is going down has nothing to do with gun ownership.
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