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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]People rarely go to jail for crimes in DC. The prosecution rates are very low.

But also ... guns. Guns are a huge f-ing problem. [/quote]

I live in NoVa and there are guns and shooting ranges everywhere.  They aren’t a problem here.[/quote]

Where do you think they go to , to steal the guns, or buy the stolen guns from? Most are imported from VA.[/quote]

But if guns WERE the problem, Northern VA would have just as much, if not more, crime as DC, since there are wayyyyyyyy more guns in northern VA

But that's not the case, is it? No, it isn't.

Must be SOMETHING else then, huh? [/quote]

Nope, it's guns. Guns are the problem - not the only problem, but definitely the problem.[/quote]

Then why isn't Northern VA's gun crime rate as high as DC's? If guns are the problem - as you said - then Northern VA should be far more violent than it is, given the huge numbers of guns there. But it's not. So clearly, more guns =/= more violent crime.

So what does? What's the difference between the place with far fewer guns and very high violent crime, and the other place with guns everywhere but comparatively little violent crime?

Please answer the question and stop dodging it. [/quote]Poverty.[/quote]

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