here is an interesting statistic

[goneracin]

Bad neighborhoods: 1% of counties responsible for 42% of America’s murders

Homicide rates have spiked, but most of America has remained untouched. Only a tiny fraction of U.S. counties account for nearly all of the country’s homicides, according to research released Tuesday that showed a striking concentration where killings take place.

www.washingtontimes.com

and if you want to narrow it further, use a zip code search
but ya, we have a gun problem

 

[TonyR]

Bad neighborhoods: 1% of counties responsible for 42% of America’s murders

Homicide rates have spiked, but most of America has remained untouched. Only a tiny fraction of U.S. counties account for nearly all of the country’s homicides, according to research released Tuesday that showed a striking concentration where killings take place.

www.washingtontimes.com

and if you want to narrow it further, use a zip code search
but ya, we have a gun problem

Yes, VERY interesting!

Excerpt:

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“President Biden and Democrats want to talk about violent crime as a gun problem. Over 92% of violent crime has nothing to do with guns,” Mr. Lott said. “The way you reduce violent crime or gun crime is the same way: You have to make it risky to go and commit the crime.” ​

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[sdkid]

Yes, VERY interesting!

Excerpt:

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“President Biden and Democrats want to talk about violent crime as a gun problem. Over 92% of violent crime has nothing to do with guns,” Mr. Lott said. “The way you reduce violent crime or gun crime is the same way: You have to make it risky to go and commit the crime.” ​

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And he means PERSONALLY RISKY in a very big 2A kind of way. He does a lot of research on defensive use of guns and crimes committed with guns.