[moose07]

Your post caused an interest:

Crime rate	1990	1991	1992	1993	1994	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000–01	2001–02	2002–03	2003–04	2004–05	2005–06	2006–07	2007–08	2008–09	2009–10
Homicide total	184	184	175	160	169	167	139	190	159	146	171	190	189	204	182	168	162	156	148	136
Homicide rate	2.5	2.5	2.3	2.1	2.3	2.2	1.9	2.5	2.1	1.9	2.3	2.5	2.5	2.7	2.4	2.2	2.2	2.1	2.0	1.9

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[TChris]

Homicide rate

...per... ???

Need a "homicides per N residents" number for it to make sense...

Of course, the article I based my comments on could have been completely wrong too.

That said, it's pretty clear that tough gun control laws aren't stopping homicides, here or across the pond.