rynochop;2893406 said:
How do you know he knew them?? He had a right to carry permit in FL, maybe he thought it carried over. That said, ignorance isnt a defense. He should have some kind of punishment, however, i dont think he should be even serving time, much less 20 months.
Again, it all comes down to these gun control freaks. DC/NY has the most strict gun laws out there, yet they're still the murder capitals of the world. Yeah...these laws are working.
America's Most Murderous Cities
David M. Ewalt, 11.08.07, 6:00 PM ET
Americans are accustomed to turning on the local TV news and seeing images of mayhem and murder. The world outside, it would seem, is a violent, wrathful, dangerous place.
Of course, television doesn't always tell the whole story. The average American is 36 times more likely to die from heart disease than be murdered, six times more likely to die in an accident and four times more likely to die from Alzheimer's disease, according to data compiled by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
But homicide does result in many thousands of deaths every year. And a comparison of the 72 American cities with a population over 250,000, using data from the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reporting Program, reveals that some places are definitely more murderous than others.
In Pictures: America's Most Murderous Cities
Top on our list?
Detroit. The Motor City experienced 418 cases of murder and non-negligent manslaughter in 2006. That's 47.3 murders per every 100,000 residents. Detroit also ranked high for violent crime (No. 2), robbery (No. 4) and forcible rape (No. 12).
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To put it in perspective: Detroit's murder rate is more than 8% higher than the country's second most murderous city, Baltimore, and eight times that of the least murderous metro. More people were murdered in Detroit than in San Antonio, San Diego, Dallas and San Jose combined--and each one of those cities has a bigger population than Detroit.
Baltimore had 276 cases of murder and non-negligent manslaughter in 2006, or 43.3 murders per 100,000 residents. It came in at No. 5 for violent crime, No. 9 for robbery and No. 62 for rape. And the No. 3 city,
New Orleans, had 162 murders, or 37.6 murders per 100,000 people; it ranked No. 59 for violent crime, No. 60 for robbery and No. 65 for rape. Rounding out the top five:
Newark, N.J. and
St. Louis.
Safety In Numbers
Surprisingly, the country's biggest cities aren't usually the most dangerous. Out of the 10 most murderous cities in America, only one,
Philadelphia, has a population over 1 million.
And America's biggest metro, New York City, is also one of its safest; with a murder rate of 7.3 per 100,000 people, it comes in at No. 50 on a list of the 72 American cities with a population over 250,000.
It's important to note that even though some cities may have comparatively high murder rates, crime is, on the average, down in the U.S over the last two decades. Over that period, the homicide rate in the U.S. has fallen from a 1991 peak of 9.8 murders per 100,000 people, to just 5.7 in 2006.
Still, fearful citizens may find themselves wondering just where they can hide from the wrath of their neighbors. They might want to try the least homicidal big city in America: Plano, Texas, which had only four murders in 2006, a rate of 1.6 murders per 100,000 residents.
