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Tamara · May 30, 2004, 09:50 AM

Why did Vermont, with the nation's loosest gun laws, have 1.1 Murders/Non-Negligent Homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2001, while neighboring New York, with its much more progressive gun laws, sported a 5.0/100k rate? (Which is still below the national rate of 5.6/100k...)

You want some interesting reading? Here's some, straight from the effa-bee-eye: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_01/01crime2.pdf

By-the-by, that rate you quote seems awful high, don't you think, considering that the rate for homicides of all kinds (gun, knife, poison, vehicle, blunt instrument, bare hands, pianos dropped from the fifth floor) is only 5.6? That leaves an awful lot to be accounted for by suicides and accidents. Wonder where they got their data?

May 30, 2004, 09:50 AM	#3
Tamara Moderator Emeritus Join Date: March 11, 2000 Location: Indianapolis, IN Posts: 16,002	Why did Vermont, with the nation's loosest gun laws, have 1.1 Murders/Non-Negligent Homicides per 100,000 inhabitants in 2001, while neighboring New York, with its much more progressive gun laws, sported a 5.0/100k rate? (Which is still below the national rate of 5.6/100k...) You want some interesting reading? Here's some, straight from the effa-bee-eye: http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_01/01crime2.pdf By-the-by, that rate you quote seems awful high, don't you think, considering that the rate for homicides of all kinds (gun, knife, poison, vehicle, blunt instrument, bare hands, pianos dropped from the fifth floor) is only 5.6? That leaves an awful lot to be accounted for by suicides and accidents. Wonder where they got their data? __________________ MOLON LABE! 2% Unobtainium, 98% Hypetanium. The Arms Room: An Online Museum.