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| subject: | Fwd: FW: A Tale of Two Cities |
Subject: Fwd: A Tale of Two Cities
If guns were outlawed, only the criminals would have guns----AND THEY KNOW IT!
RMP
Subject: Fwd: A Tale of Two Cities
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Chicago, IL
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Houston, TX
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Population
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2.7 million
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2.15 million
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Median HH Income
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$38,600
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$37,000
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% African-American
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38.9%
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24%
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% Hispanic
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29.9%
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44%
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% Asian
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5.5%
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6%
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% Non-Hispanic White
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28.7%
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26%
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Pretty similar until you compare the following:
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Chicago, IL
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Houston, TX
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Concealed Carry gun law
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no
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yes
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# of Gun Stores
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0
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184 - Dedicated gun stores plus 1500 - legal places to buy guns- Walmart, K-mart, sporting goods, etc.
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Homicides, 2012
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1,806
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207
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Homicides per 100K
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38.4
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9.6
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Avg. January high temperature (F)
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31
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63
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Cold weather from global warming causes murder.
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4 comments:
Because the ONLY difference between Houston and Chicago is the existence or not of gun stores and ability to carry concealed.
Well the NRA is good at shilling to its dumbfounded audience at any rate.
I know this will come as a shock, but the Chicago homicide figures are bogus. One sign is that the moron who wrote this couldn't bother to get the homicide rate right from the underlying population and homicide figures. Look up the homicide figures on the Chicago crime wiki page and you'll see that Chicago has never had 1800 homicides in a given year, and that the figure in 2012 was 514, or 19 per 100K, half what the email claims.
I did not try to verify the Houston figures because life is too short.
Thanks Potato Head. Figures.
Here's a pretty good takedown of this one. Unlike the author of the excrement above, he provides you know...links to information.
http://namelesscynic.blogspot.com/2013/11/debunking-tale-of-two-cities.html
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