D.C.: 2nd Amendment Does Not Apply Here

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

Only since they put the ban into effect. Before the ban, much less murder.

-S

Not exactly. Place sounds like the wild west. I wouldn't live in DC, or at least those hoods listed.

At the peak of the violent crime wave in the early 1990s, Washington, D.C., was known as the murder capital of the United States. Homicides peaked in 1991 at 482. As the population of the city was just over 600,000 at that time, this meant that the District's homicide rate was 81 per 100,000 inhabitants. Despite the high rate of violent crime, violence was not evenly distributed across the city, but rather was concentrated in specific neighborhoods—Columbia Heights, Adams Morgan, Georgia Ave/Howard University, Logan Circle, Shaw, Le Droit Park, the East End of Downtown (Chinatown), Trinidad, Langston Lane, Florida Ave NE, Montana, and some of the neighborhoods located east of the Anacostia River. In 2006, Washington's per capita murder rate was reduced by 4.4 murders per 100,000 then being 29.1 per 100,000, the lowest rates since 1985.
Since 1993, crime rates in Washington dropped consistently for over ten years. Along with this trend, gentrification has occurred in many neighborhoods across the District, including Adams Morgan, Logan Circle, Columbia Heights, and the East End of Downtown (Chinatown) and is trending eastward. In the past ten years, the number of homicides has been halved—from 399 in 1994 to 195 in 2005.

[SUBMAN1]

Originally Posted by bradclark1

Not exactly. Place sounds like the wild west. I wouldn't live in DC, or at least those hoods listed.

WRONG! Look prior to 1975 - the year the gun ban was put into effect. This is why the crime shot through the roof by the early 1990's! All the criminals still had guns, but guns in civilian hands were getting to be non-existant by this time.

-S

[SUBMAN1]

This again is further evidence as to whackos using places with gun bans to do their violent gun crimes. DC has had gun control for over 30 years, and as a result, has the highest murder rate in the country!!!

Some facts for ya:

[bradclark1]

Originally Posted by SUBMAN1

WRONG! Look prior to 1975 - the year the gun ban was put into effect. This is why the crime shot through the roof by the early 1990's! All the criminals still had guns, but guns in civilian hands were getting to be non-existant by this time.

-S

Ahh. Ok. What I read sounded like it was started in the 90's.

[Yahoshua]