Reply #8: A comparison BETWEEN cities is valid, however - and DC still fails [View All]

[friendly_iconoclast]

I got the data from the FBI's "Crime in the US" website:
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/offenses/violent_crime/index.html

More specifically, this subpage:

http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius2008/data/table_06.html

Crime in the United States
by Metropolitan Statistical Area, 2008 (with cities broken out so as not to include the burbs and satellite cities, which would lower the rates)

The first number after the city name is its population, followed by the number of murders. 2009 figures aren't out yet.

Washington DC 592k pop 186 murders
Salt Lake City UT 181k pop 12 murders

The following cities have both liberal gun laws AND a high index of poverty:

Indianapolis IN 808k pop 114 murders
Richmond VA 200k pop 31 murders
Pittsburgh PA 310k pop 72 murders
Columbus OH pop 752k 109 murders
Toledo OH pop 317k 18 murders

Doesn't speak too well of DC, now does it?