Friday, June 25, 2021

No crime wave


One more time: there is no epidemic of crime.

There is an epidemic of homicide, but that's a very different thing. Violent crime rates have been essentially flat for the past five years and property crimes have continued their long-term decline.

OK, so what can Biden do about the outbreak of homicide? The answer: Nothing. 

First off, crime is primarily a local problem, and there's very little the federal government can do about it. Second, nobody even knows why homicide spiked up last year, and there's no real way of addressing a problem like this until we have some idea of what caused it....

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2 Comments:

At 12:57 PM, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Nice nationwide graph. But that’s nationwide numbers which include republican ran states and cities.

Too 10 most violent crime cities in the nation are democrat run. Those 10 combined are at 786 violent crimes per 10,000 residents. That’s only the reported crimes. Not accounting for the number of crimes democrats try to hide. For example how they don’t report all crime barely any in SF.( SF is not on the list of top 10 cities with the most violent crime).

 
At 9:09 AM, Blogger Rob Anderson said...

Like to see some evidence that "they" don't report crimes. You seem disappointed that SF isn't on the top ten list.

A factor in the homicide spike: the availability of guns, which are the easiest way to kill someone. Funny, you don't mention that. Maybe those homicide happened during home invasions, and law-abiding Americans were protecting their families from the Other, that is, immigrants and people of color.

 

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