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Can you explain?
Virginia has lax gun control laws and a Constitutional provision that denies Virginia cities to enact any stricter laws. The District of Columbia has one of the country's strictest gun law regimes. Yet crime in DC is far higher than Arlington VA, right across the Potomac.
DC saw 8,200 violent Crimes and 34,000 property crimes per 100,000 residents.
Arlington: 104 violent crimes and 1,213 property crimes per 100,000 residents
6 Answers
- Anonymous5 years agoFavorite Answer
Criminals tend to avoid victims that shoot back is the simple answer.
- Anonymous5 years ago
Washington is full of poor people. Arlington is full of rich people. Around the world, poor desperate people are more likely to commit crime. They have a lot less to lose. Also gun control is ineffective when you can drive across the state line and buy a gun.
- ndmagicmanLv 75 years ago
And the Virginia Tech shootings was one of worse mass shootings ever in the US.
Can you explain?
- Bony IommiLv 75 years ago
You tend to be more cautious when you think you'll be dealing with armed victims.
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- PoBoyLv 75 years ago
Sure, you answered your own question. DC is close to VA and VA has lax laws. Same a Chicago and IN. There are no gun laws in DC/Chicago if the bad guys can drive 50 miles and buy whatever they want.
- Anonymous5 years ago
Go find out yourself weirdo.
