Dangler wrote:
that's not accurate - its blurs the line b/w monthly deaths and yearly deaths.
google is your friend:
The annual D.C. murder rate was actually down a bit in 2004 to 35.8
per 100K. In 2003, the rate was 44.2 per 100K.
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_04/documents/04tbl05a.xls
http://www.fbi.gov/ucr/cius_03/xl/03tbl05.xls
Current Iraq-DC Email says 2,154 deaths in 22 months. That means 98
deaths per month or 1,175 per year. With a population of 160,000
troops, that yields an annual rate of 734 per 100K.
As for determining how many of the murders in D.C. were by gunfire,
one would have to rely upon some extrapolation. The BJS has a lot of
detailed info.
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/weapons.htm
http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/homicide/tables/weaponstab.htm
If one adds up the first two columns, handguns and other guns, then in
2002 [across all of America] 66.8 percent of all murder victims died
from gunfire.
I support the soldiers, not the war and yes, I am a registered republican.
He said deaths, not murders. He is saying the chances of dying, not being murdered, are better in D.C.
I said this on a forum a LONG time ago, and I think someone copied me and actually researched it.