Just a thought, but I would bet that Tombstone, AZ in 1881 (the year of the OK Corral gunfight) had a lower murder rate than Chicago, IL in 2012. AND a lower murder by firearm rate.
In Tombstone, four men get killed in one day in a notoriously tough town and it creates a legend that survives to this day, some 130 years later
Four people get murdered in Chicago and it’s a slow Monday evening
Four men killed in a good POLICE shooting. (as determined by the Spicer Hearing) I don't think that would be included in any murder statistics kept by Chicago or the FBI. Just shooting statistics.
Four people get murdered in Chicago and it’s a slow Monday evening
Great observation.
“In Tombstone, four men get killed in one day in a notoriously tough town and it creates a legend that survives to this day, some 130 years later”
It became a legend because it was such a rare event. Murder rates were extremely low at the time, as far as I can tell.
http://gunwatch.blogspot.com/2013/05/armed-citizens-and-modern-frontier.html