By John Lott, Worldwide Expert on Guns & Crime
D.C.’s murder rate ran 169 percent higher than Louisiana’s, the deadliest state, and an astonishing 523 percent higher than that of the average state.
Democrats insist
Washington, D.C. doesn't have a crime problem. On a podcast last week, Senate Chuck
Schumer (D-NY) claimed, "I walk around all the time. I wake up early
in the morning ... And I feel perfectly safe." He dismissed Republican
concerns about safety as "full of it," but, of course, Schumer doesn't
go anywhere without his security detail. In a similar vein, D.C.
Councilmember Charles Allen called the federalization of law
enforcement "unnecessary, unwarranted," and the D.C. Council
emphasized that crime rates are at "the lowest rates we’ve seen in 30
years." [more...]
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