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Originally Posted by MarchHare
You failed completely to understand the point of the article. The study compared crime in Seattle and Vancouver over a six year period. During that time, the socio-economic conditions of both cities were nearly identical, and rates of crime of all types were very similar (e.g. roughly the same number of muggings, assaults, burglaries, etc.). Yet despite these similarities, Seattle had nearly twice as many homicides over the course of the study, almost all of them committed with a handgun.
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And even though you quoted part of my post, you still missed how that article failed to address the gang equalities/inequalities between the two cities, and is based off
30 year old data. During that time the US has seen a steady decline in gun crime.
Not once were gangs mentioned. If you look at the FBI's gang report, you will see that the states with the highest amount of gang activity are also those most negatively affected by gun crime.
http://www.fbi.gov/stats-services/pu...eat-assessment
Would you not agree that a reduction in city gang activity would also have a reduction in firearm related crime?