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Mr. Meangenes stopped by for coffee, and we got to talking about illegal immigration - which we both hate -and going over some of the statistics bandied about.

An alarming statistic splashed across the Internet the other day—violent crime is on the rise in the U.S. for the second straight year. The stats show that homicides increased in eight of the country's largest cities: Chicago, Houston, Las Vegas, New York, Philadelphia, Phoenix, San Antonio, and San Diego. As a result, the murder rate in cities with populations of more than one million jumped 6.7 percent.

Interesting if academic take on Philadelphia Mayor's saying homicides in Philly are the result of Iraq war. Seems mayor was partially correct Here is the link from The Bulletin. If the link doesn't work cut and paste this URL into your browser: http://www.thebulletin.us/site/news.cfm?newsid=17788948&BRD=2737&PAG=461&dept_id=576361&rfi=6

Violence has left 14 dead and hundreds hurt since 2000 in L.A. County lockups. Critics fault the sheriff's efforts On a Tuesday in October 2003, Ki Hong entered Men's Central Jail in downtown Los Angeles to serve a five-day sentence for soliciting a prostitute. He didn't survive two hours. Three members of a Korean gang instantly spotted Hong, 34, who authorities allege was a member of a rival gang. The trio had broad freedom to roam the jail because sheriff's deputies had given them jobs as inmate workers — jobs for which they, awaiting trial on murder charges, should have...

HOUSTON - Evacuees from Hurricane Katrina have contributed to an increase in Houston's annual murder rate, which could climb this year to its highest level in more than a decade, police said. Houston had 316 homicides as of Oct. 16. That's an increase of 25 percent from the 252 slayings tallied at this time last year, putting the city on pace to record nearly 400 killings before the end of 2006. "We recognize that the homicide rate is up as far as raw numbers and as well as percentages relative to the population," Capt. Dwayne Ready said. "We also recognize...

Please access the link here and read my message to radio talkshow host Rush Limbaugh. It discusses the unethical strategy of the American mainstream news media. There are 16,889 homicides per year in America, but all that we hear from the mainstream media is their envious opposition to our war effort in Iraq. ~Scott~

WICHITA, KS (Talon News) -- Pro-life action group Operation Rescue said on Tuesday that a representative from the La Quinta Inns corporate offices conducted an internal investigation into allegations that one of their hotels in Wichita, Kansas was being used by an abortion doctor. As previously reported by Talon News, Operation Rescue had called on its supporters to boycott the national hotel chain La Quinta Inn in protest of one of their locations being used by a nearby abortion clinic to provide medical services to pregnant women who were in town to have an abortion. La Quinta Inn has denied...

CHICAGO (AP) -- Chicago's homicide rate is on pace to fall below 500 in a year for the first time since 1965, and the city is about to lose the unwanted title of U.S. murder capital, police officials announced Tuesday.

Homicides in New York City are down more than 5 percent as the year draws to a close, continuing a remarkable 14-year decline that has long confounded experts. Five of the other six major crime categories have also dropped. As of yesterday morning, with barely more than a week to go in 2004, there had been 549 slayings in the city, down from 579 in the same period last year and from 2,245 in all of 1990, at the height of the crack epidemic. In all, 597 people were slain in the city in 2003. A few of the country's...

Crime in the nation's schools fell sharply from 1992 to 2002, part of the broad decline in crime in the last decade, according to a report issued yesterday by the Justice Department and the Department of Education. School crime over that period dropped to an annual rate of 24 violent incidents per 100,000 students from 48 violent incidents, the report found. The figures were based on a nationwide random sample of students who were asked whether they had been victims of crime. In 2002, students 12 to 18 years old were more likely to be victims of serious violent crime...

If you listen to media rhetoric, you get the notion that the more guns people own, the more crime there will be. More husbands shooting wives. More suicides by guns. More armed robberies. More homicides. Recently I viewed a 56-minute CD, "A Question of Balance," summarizing a World Forum on the Future of Sport Shooting Activities. The meeting was held May 1-2, 2003, at the Tower of London, and eight scholars presented data on firearms and crime. If more guns in the home lead to more crimes, then Switzerland would be the crime capital of the world. There, all men...

For Immediate Release Press Office Contact: Suzanne Lubar, 202-282-8010 March 16, 2004 In a first -of- its- kind effort to achieve an even safer and more secure Southwest border, Department of Homeland Security Under Secretary for Border and Transportation Security Asa Hutchinson today unveiled the "Arizona Border Control (ABC) Initiative." The kick-off event attended by Congressman Jim Kolbe, U.S. Attorney for Arizona Paul Charlton and dozens of federal, state and local law enforcement officials, as well as a delegation from the Government of Mexico was held at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Air and Marine Operations Hangar in...

<p>If the homicide toll in 2003 continues at its current pace, Detroit may end the year with the fewest such deaths in 36 years, law enforcement officials said Wednesday.</p> <p>Detroit Police Chief Jerry Oliver and Wayne County Prosecutor Mike Duggan announced that 156 killings were recorded between Jan. 1 and June 30. The city had 196 killings during the same time period in 2002. At this pace, Detroit would end 2003 with 312 homicides, the fewest since 1967 and 90 fewer than last year.</p>

The State of Michigan in under two years has permitted 85,000 Michigan citizens and not a single misuse by citizens with the right to carry a concealed handgun. As a population group, Citzen Carry owners allways committ less crime than any other statistical group, including law enforcement officers. At the close of the 2002 legislative session, Michigan firearms owners were successful in passing an enhancement to their recently passed "Right to Carry". This reform legislation benefits carry permit holders in several ways. This bill, which has now been signed by Governor Engler (R), removes most restaurants that serve alcohol as...

Lariam connection to Bragg killings? Mark Benjamin and Dan Olmsted UNITED PRESS INTERNATIONAL Published 8/7/2002 FAYETTEVILLE, N.C., Aug. 6 (UPI) -- At least one of the four Fort Bragg soldiers suspected of killing his wife this summer had apparently been taking an anti-malarial drug associated with aggression, paranoia and suicidal thoughts, United Press International has learned. That soldier, Sgt. 1st Class Rigoberto Nieves, shot and killed himself after shooting his wife, Teresa, in a bathroom of their Fayetteville home on June 11, just two days after returning early from service in Afghanistan, according to police. In another case, Sam Pennica...