On Thu, 28 Jan 2016 17:04:40 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

Are you suggesting that the gun death rates in places like Detroit and
Chicago would be even higher if the local governments were predominately
Republican?

Actually we have seen that experiment. When Rudy took over New York
City from the Democrats and actually started enforcing the "little"
laws, crime, particularly murder plunged, making NYC one of the safest
cities instead of one of the most dangerous.
Now that we have the bleeding heart liberal mayor, that crime rate is
creeping back up again.