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FBI Violent Crime report released today [message #58619]

Tue, 13 June 2006 09:02

Manualblock
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I suggest anyone still beating that dead horse about guns protecting you look at the stats for todays release of the figures for 2005. Violent crime fell in LA/NY/MASS/Detroit and other places where there are strict gun laws on the books.
It rose in Arizona/Texas/North Florida/Kansas and a few others where everyone is packing. 4.8% is a pretty big jump overall; fell a lot in NY. Very strict laws here.

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Re: FBI Violent Crime report released today [message #58622 is a reply to message #58619]

Tue, 13 June 2006 15:35

akhilesh
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The relevant statistic here is:

#violent crimes thwarted by armed potential victims
/
total # violent crimes (attempted & completed)

You won't see that measure now will you. Becuase most thwarted crimes are not reported.

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Re: FBI Violent Crime report released today [message #58623 is a reply to message #58622]

Tue, 13 June 2006 16:38

Manualblock
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The FBI can't report that because it is unreliable and non-specific. The Thwarted crimes are purely anecdotal and subject to dispute since there are so very few.

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