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Originally Posted by Hockeyguy15
Actually he didn't say recently.
This is just par for the course from him, and you're eating it up.
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Says the guy thanking the entirely inaccurate number of 6 times a year while mocking the OP. We've already shown you that the number, at least for the current time, is completely bogus. Just because you don't like the OP doesn't mean we need to make up bull#### numbers and argue against his point. Gun violence is up. Ironically, PepsiFree would have been a lot closer with his assertion only a couple years ago, but there's something to be said about the gun violence lately. Yes, Calgary is still safe, but that doesn't mean that firearm crimes aren't way up compared to, say, a decade ago, that goes beyond population growth. Again, that doesn't mean Calgary is unsafe...it's just a fact, take it however you want but don't argue against it. Take a look at this stretch in just over 2 months that is possibly missing a couple incidents:
Sunday, May 7 - Mid-day Tuxedo shooting.
Monday, May 8 - Random driveby shooting on Centre Street Bridge.
Saturday, May 20 - Early morning Elbow Drive shooting
Sunday, May 21 - Superstore double homicide.
Saturday, June 3 - Forest Lawn basketball shooting that killed murder suspect Toy.
Sunday, June 25 - Music nightclub parking lot shooting.
Tuesday, June 27 - Sunalta apartment shooting.
Thursday, June 29 - Beltline shooting, man shot in his car.
Tuesday, July 11 - 16th Ave shooting
How many other 2 month stretches in Calgary History had this much firearm crimes? There's something to be said when PepsiFree believes that Calgary experiences 6 shootings a year, and in a two month period there was at least 9. Something is up, Bouw N Arrow has a point. A lot of people who left Calgary would have never expected to see something like that. Hell, PepsiFree from Calgary will apparently be surprised to see this has been the case this year.
Calgary reported the highest increase in crime in 2015 of any municipality. Of course it's easy to understand why with the depression and the fentanyl crisis. Calgary's crime rate isn't quite linear. It's never been a surprise that Alberta's crime rate also tends to follow its economy. We're in a down stretch, so crime has been trending up. We saw the same thing with other depressions. Does that explain the increase gun violence though?