[NicknamedBob]

"... factors that may be influencing crime, among them the migration of middle-class populations to the “exurbs”, or distant suburbs, often with weak police forces unable to handle the influx and little experience of urban crime."

Escuse me, the ones who are fleeing are not the ones who are bringing the crime. They are being pursued.

If all the banks in the city shut down, where would Willie Sutton go?

Now, what I would like to see is a correlation between gun ownership and the right to carry, versus the influx of "Katrina evacuees" and other migrants.

[epow]

Now, what I would like to see is a correlation between gun ownership and the right to carry, versus the influx of "Katrina evacuees" and other migrants.

After FL passed the nation's first shall issue CCW law in 1987 the FL murder rate dropped by 27% (IIRC) within 5 years. The MSM will never ever tell you anything like that, but a number of other states have also experienced dramatic reductions in crime rates after enacting shall issue CCW laws. Criminals tend to be more wary about choosing victims when they don't know which ordinary looking man or woman is carrying a gun and which one isn't.