In 2010, violent crime saw a drop of 5.5% compared to 2009. Violent crime dropped in all areas of the US.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/43138270/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
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The FBI reported that violent crime fell in all four regions of the country last year — 7.5 percent in the South, 5.9 in the Midwest, 5.8 percent in the West and 0.4 percent in the Northeast.
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Generally speaking, if I were to rank those four areas from most restrictive gun laws to least I'd rank em something like this.
Northeast - thank you NY and Mass
West - Only because the west includes Oregon and Kalifornia
Midwest
South.
What do you know, the areas with the more restrictive gun laws saw a smaller drop in violent crime than the areas with less restrictive laws. A correlation perhaps?