beevul: How come Chicago doesn't have the lowest of the three? It is the strictest "gun control city" of the three.
Unbebeevable. Uh, newsflash to beevul, Chicago allows handguns & shall issue concealed carry, while California is 'may issue', and New York City disallows concealed carry in the city.
Your question is lame anyway, just trying to be a pain in the ----.
From the past:
....all rates, 2012...pop ..... violcr... murder... property
Gun control cities
Los Angeles 3,855,122 .....481 ....7.8 ......2,269 (+~14%vcr,2014)
Baltimore 625,474 .........1,405 ......35 ..... 4,660
New York 8,289,415 .........639 ...... 5.1 ....1,722 (still champ >500k population)
Chicago 2,708,382 ..........N/A .....18.3 .... 4,152 (handguns ok 2011)
Pro gun cities:
Tenn Memphis 657,436 ....1,750 ....20.2 ....6,312
Dallas 1,241,549 ..................675 .....12.4 ...4,373
Houston 2,177,273 ...............992 .....10.0 ...4,945
Kansas City 464,073 ...........1,263 ......22 ....5,525
Nashville 620,886 ..............1,216 .....10.0.....4,195
St. Louis 318,667 ..............1,776 ......35 .....6,902 (siccw 2005)
Detroit 707,096 .................2,122 ......54 ....5,792 (siccw 2002, leans gun)
New Orleans 362,874............815 .......53 .....3,772
Oklahoma City 595,607 ........919 ......14.3 .... 5,941.8
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_United_States_cities_by_crime_rate_(2012)
All the above pro gun cities have higher violent crime rates, murder rates, & property crime rates than los angeles in 2012, most probably in 2013 & 2014 as well. Los Angeles comes in second best after nyc, both with 'lots of gun control'.
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