Snowflakes in Hell

CQ Press has it’s ranking of most dangerous cities out. Bryan Miller loves to talk about how Pennsylvania’s gun laws are inadequate to helping Philadelphia solve its crime problems, and speaks glowingly of New Jersey’s gun laws.

Philadelphia is ranked 21st. Ahead of Philadelphia on the list of most dangerous cities is Newark, New Jersey, Camden, New Jersey, Baltimore, Maryland. Maryland already has the one gun per month law that Pennsylvania apparently needs so very badly to fight crime. Let’s look at the numbers:

New Jersey Cities with Populations Over 80,000. Crime Rate Per 100,000

City	Violent Crime Rate	Murder Rate
Newark	1011	37.38
Jersey City	1205	9.17
Paterson	1115	10
Elizabeth	710	13.5
Trenton	1504	21.25
Camden	2114	39.96

 

Pennsylvania Cities with Populations Over 80,000. Crime Rate Per 100,000

City	Violent Crime Rate	Murder Rate
Philadelphia	1562	27.72
Pittsburgh	1070	17.25
Allentown	1009	14.94
Erie	539	1.95
Reading	1237	12.36

For all Bryan Millers praise of New Jersey gun control laws, it doesn’t seem to have made New Jersey’s largest cities much safer than Pennsylvania’s largest cities. But I suppose surrendering liberty is worth it if it saves just one life right? It’s for the children after all. Also worthwhile is looking at stats for cities already using one-gun-per-month laws to combat crime:

City	Violent Crime Rate	Murder Rate
Baltimore, MD	1697	43.29
Richmond, VA	1043	38.83
Oakland, CA	1905	36.36

Clearly these cities are in need of more gun control. If it doesn’t work the first eight times you try it, just keep trying!

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