Vanya,
That information is available from most metropolitan areas. A lot is readily available online as crime maps with incident listings. It really isn't a problem.
For example, here is one of the Dallas sources...
http://dallas.dfwmaps.com/crimenew/
Here is Houston's which you can break down by police beat...
http://www.houstontx.gov/police/cs/b...beat_stats.htm
Every major city has a GIS (geographic information system) for the analysis of all sorts of information. Crime is just one type of data that can be run through these systems and I can assure you every major city, many minor cities, have this data and if it isn't available online, it is available from the city.
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I can make two sage predictions:
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1. If a recipient uses a gun to defend his or her life, we'll never hear about it.
2. If a recipient uses a gun to kill a spouse, child, or commit suicide, we'll never hear the end of it!
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I think you have confused the word "sage" with "pessimistic." By your "sage" observations, we might as well give up trying as obvious no good can possibly come from such a program.
