Murder rates up in many cities
Browne blamed the rise in part on the availability of guns, particularly weapons from out of state. The city this year sued dozens of out-of-state gun shops that it says are responsible for many of the illegal weapons on the streets of New York. . . .
One question: if it is the availability of guns that caused the increase, what is the evidence or reasoning that availability increased over the last year?
Thanks to CM Ross for alerting me to this.
Labels: Crime
posted by John Lott at 1:09 AM
1 Comments:
Even if I were totally ignorant of the subject matter, I'd find it highly suspicious that improvements in outcomes, such as last year's low number of homicides, are always attributable to the valiant efforts of local police and politicians, while deteriorating outcomes, such as this year's higher number, are inevitably the result of external factors. And why is it that those external factors never seem to have similar effects near their source, but only at a distance?
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