A little surprising to me. I figured the murder rates in the old day would be lower---much lower. But that ain't so, according to these numbers:
There was an article comparing El Paso, Texas with Chicago, Illinois. Chicago has a relatively high murder rate, while El Paso doesn't. The article points out that the location doesn't matter. El Paso is across the border from Juarez, Mexico, which has the second worst murder rate in the world. The common link is gun-control. Chicago has more strict gun-control laws than El Paso. Juarez is probably more strict than either.
Gun-control doesn't work. Perhaps there's an explanation for El Paso's better performance, but it isn't gun-control.
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