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State..........Pop........Viol Cr..Rate....Murder..Rate
Texas.....19,760,000..111,566..564.6..1,346..6.8
Wisconsin..5,224,000...13,009..249.0.....190..3.6
1998 FBI Stats.
So which is the shall issue State and which is the no CCW State???????
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California has about 13 million more people than Texas so going by straight numbers even that is not a fair comparison. That is why you use a percentage of incident/per 100,000 people so that you can compare sample sizes which are not equal. The statement regarding a drop in crimes has nothing to do with when the CHL was enacted. If you look at murder for instance there was a steady drop in most all states between 1995-1999.
murder/manslaughter index:
1995/1997/1999
Alaska-9.1/8.9/8.6
California-11.2/8.0/6.0
Florida-7.3/6.9/5.7
Louisiana-17.0/15.7/10.7
Nevada-10.7/11.2/9.1
New Jersey-5.1/4.2/3.5
New York- 8.5/6.0/5.0
Texas- 9.0/6.8/6.1
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Look at my numbers, where it says rate that is a population/crimes number.
Why does everyone want to argue this with me??
I keep saying that CHL's are GOOD for individuals, individual protection.
There have been signifigant drops in crime in states that started issuing CHL's. There have also been signifigant drops in crimes in states that don't issue CHL's.
Some CHL states have insane crime rates.
Some non-CHL states have insane crime rates.
Some CHL states have very low crime rates.
Some non-CHL states have low crime rates.
Statistically NATIONWIDE there are more people in jail/prison than ever before. The avg. sentence being served for violent crimes is going up. That has far more to do with crime rates, because it directly effects the supply of CRIMINALS in your area.
Also there are fewer young people demographically speaking. Young people are often the ones committing crimes. Some because they want to grow up to be Dillinger or Capone, and some because of immaturety, or impluse control issues. As people age they are less likley to commit crimes on a whim, or for excitement.
Unfortunately I think the politicains think that CHL's or flash suppressor laws are a cheap and easy way to placate the public and avoid doing stuff like building, staffing, and filling prisons.