SC decision on handguns in DC, leads to lower murder rate

Washington Times:

The year is drawing to a close with homicides in the District at a 45-year low, reflecting a national trend that law enforcement officials are attributing to multipronged crime-prevention strategies that include advances in communication and coordination.

With just two days left in the year, according to preliminary numbers from the police department, the District has had 138 homicides compared with 184 at the same time last year, setting up the city to record the lowest number of homicides since 1964, when 132 were reported killed. Metropolitan Police Department officials attribute the decline to a "perfect storm" of crime-fighting strategies, including a new culture of communication within the police department.

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Actuyally the story does not mention the Supreme Court decision but it should have. Authorities take credit for lowering the murder rate with more effective policing and that is to some extent true. It is especially true in hich crime areas where they increased their force to space ratio.

But, the reaction of the police and politicians to the Supreme Court decision was that it would lead to an increase in gun crime and the opposite has happened. It is at least theoretically possible that the crime rate dropped because thugs feared dealing with an armed citizen. Statistics have shown that the crime rate has dropped in states where concealed carry has been legalized.

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