On Wed, 6 Jan 2016 11:33:48 -0500, "Mr. Luddite"
wrote:

It was an eye opener to see how many murders go unsolved here. I was
really surprised. When you take into account that at least a third are
not really "who done it" crimes it does demonstrate the futility of
gun control as a crime control measure because these murders take
place in cities with the strictest gun control laws..

What about the 2/3rds that *are* solved? Is your glass two thirds full
or one third empty?

Since most of them are acquaintance murders where the killer is still
there when the cops arrive, I am not sure any of these proposed
changes will have any effect at all. These are also more likely to be
the murders that involve weapons other than guns.
We do not see a lot of actual analysis of murder because the numbers
would not help advance anyone's agenda.
The data is there but nobody seems to do much more than cherry pick
out the stat they need to make their point.
The things that actually rile up the various groups are usually
anomalies.
The fact is black people usually kill black people (almost half of the
murders)
White people kill white people (usually by someone they know) and most
kids are killed by their parents.
It is pretty hard to drum up a scare campaign with that tho.