It doesn't, but he'll persist because he doesn't really do his homework and yet insists that everyone else defend THEIR stats.
"The number of people wounded by gunfire surged in New York City during the pandemic and remains stubbornly high....In New York, it’s sort of this dual situation,” crime analyst Jeff Asher said. “It’s important to know that this is not the worst it has ever been, while also understanding that it has gotten significantly worse in the last few years."
Deucex is also appallingly or purposely naïve to not consider other factors which I tried to point out WRT to large metro areas. “Typically larger cities have been doing well economically. Meaning that while there’s crime, there’s also economic opportunity and related tax revenue,” says Milnes. “There is research that
jobs reduce crime and also tax revenues can help fund departments and programs that help curtail crime. These might not all be law enforcement departments—it could be job placement programs or better school systems.” This would apply to New York City.
The top 10 most dangerous cities all suffer from economic poverty. Criminal behavior is a result and criminals will get guns by illegal means. Looking at the 15 least dangerous cities with populations over 300,000, 3 are in Texas; El Paso, Arlington, Austin. Yet, deucex only wants to talk about Dallas. There are ZERO cities in Texas that make the top 10 most dangerous. Heck Nevada permits the open carry of firearms without the need for a license or registration and allows a CCW with a permit and yet Henderson and Las Vegas are on the top 15 safest cities list.
Cherry-picking Houston is disingenuous. Houston not only has been hit particularly hard economically, by covid, they also experienced a significant population boom over the course of the last 20-30 years. Their homicide rate didn't start to skyrocket until the last 3 years....covid....more people with no jobs....crime results. "NYPD reported 488 murders in 2021 – approximately 5.5 per 100,000 residents." "In 2021, Los Angeles reported 397 murders and had a murder rate of 10.62 per 100,000 residents
." LA is in CA....you know, the state with the most restrictive gun laws?
Most dangerous city in the country....St Louis. Tishaura O. Jones, Democratic mayor.
#2 most dangerous....Jackson, Mississippi. Chokwe Antar Lumumba , Democratic mayor.
#3 most dangerous....Detroit, Michigan. Michael Edward Duggan , Democratic mayor.
#4 most dangerous....New Orleans, LA. LaToya Cantrell, Democratic mayor.
#5 most dangerous....Baltimore, MD. Brandon Scott, Democratic mayor.
#6 most dangerous....Memphis, TN. Jim Strickland, Democratic mayor.
#7 most dangerous... Cleveland, OH. Justin Bibb, Democratic mayor.
#8 most dangerous.....Baton Rouge, LA. Sharon Weston Broome , Democratic mayor.
#9 most dangerous.....Kansas City, MO. Quinton Lucas, Democratic mayor.
#10 most dangerous..Shreveport, LA. Adrian Perkins, Democratic mayor.
Louisiana holds 3 spots there. Thank you to Democratic Governor John Bel Edwards.
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