So it that murders/violent crimes only? I bet lots of petty crime goes unreported in Chicago. And some don’t even go to hearing. Maybe Why Boston not I list? Maybe that how get you’re crime rate lower????

OK why?

I have to laugh at some folks that think assault rifles are a problem. Very few citizens own assault rifles and those that do have a rigorous background check, stiff regulations and an expensive Federal Stamp. My single shot hunting rifle has decorations that make it look scary, so that poster wants to ban it because it may look like a scary assault rifle? By the way, countries with stiff firearm regulations aren’t immune to murder.

Surprised NYC not on list

Petty crimes ie. misdemeanors are not reported as well as a few felonies

....and Texas!

Good for them!

I'm strongly pro - 2nd Amendment but there needs to be better policing, such as this example. I don't know how Florida law works but back in Minnesota, particularly in Minneapolis, the powers of the police have been reduced to such an extent that what happened in Ocala could never happen in Minneapolis, even though it should. Random checks have pretty much ceased up there: the police must have reasonable cause for stopping you and just the fact that you may be carrying a gun is not enough cause. Even in known gang neighborhoods, this does not happen.

That's one of the big problems today. We have enough--far too many, actually--laws governing gun ownership. But we're not enforcing them. Not allowing police to make random stops in known heavy gang areas is just one example of this.

Stop and Frisk Policy
 

No law abiding legal citizen should be afraid of a Stop and Frisk Policy to get the guns off the streets.

It's a "per capita" list. 8 MILLION people will dilute a lot of murders...

Right, no problem, until it happens to you!

I guess the 4th Amendment means something different to you...

Great to get guns away from criminals!
But, what about the criminals themselves?
Guns just do shot be themselves.
It takes someone to point and shoot a gun.
So again, what has been done to the criminals?

Statistics can be very tricky and lie….
 

Based on What? Population ? Type of Crime? Any number of reasons for these figures.
Just saying…

We've all heard that tired argument from the NRA. That is like saying "laws are pointless because criminals break them". Or "all drugs should be legal because addicts will get them anyways." Number one, guns will never be outlawed, Congress is not going to repeal the second amendment. No one wants to outlaw guns but the aim is to make gun laws less liberal so that those who should not have guns will have a more difficult time obtaining them. Given this, law enforcement and qualified law-abiding individuals would possess guns, and not only outlaws. We need to have common sense restrictions on those who can obtain or use firearms. Over time, it would be more difficult for criminals to obtain guns. If there are less guns in circulation, then there will be fewer guns in the hands of criminals.

I was reading interesting statistics about gun control in the UK. Ownership of guns for sport is acceptable and tightly regulated, but other than that, the UK has the strictest gun control legislation anywhere in the world. As a result, their rate of firearm homicide is 0.05 per 100,000 people. The rate in the US is 5.9.

Yet the rate of death by stabbing is higher in the UK and going up rapidly...

What are these "common sense restrictions" you speak about? Please be specific...