It’s difficult to describe landing on a list of the nation’s most violent cities as a good thing, but for many localities on Law Street’s new list, there was cause for modest celebration.
Many of the towns saw their violent crime rates drop significantly in the first six months of 2013, compared to that same time period in 2012.
Law Street looked at towns with populations of 200,000 or fewer and compared data on murder, rape, robbery and aggravated assault from the FBI’s Uniform Crime Report.
via Most Dangerous Towns In America (PHOTOS).
Ten towns and two of them on Gun Friendly States. But the Opposition will continue to ignore and create their own numbers out of thin statistical air.
They have to know they are losing the public perception battle and that is why we will see more attempts via state legislatures to push Colorado and NY SAFE act-style restrictions.
We cannot afford to get comfortable and lazy. Check with your State Gun Rights organization and if you have not joined, do so.
Impossible! CT is now practically a gun free paradise! There must be an error for us to have 3 cities on the list! This biased reporting an manipulation of stats!
/sarc
Gee, one would think this might send a message to our legislators about how firmly planted their heads are in their asses but nooooooooo! Wishful thinking sadly.
Flint Michigan was no surprise. It was a violent place 40 years ago. Odessa Texas was one that surprised me. I spent quite a bit of time in the Midland Odessa area in the late 80’s early 90″s and it wasn’t all that bad a place.