So I stumbled across this from Kiro TV in Seattle today.
That is the distribution of CPL licenses by zip code. The deeper the red, the more self reliant the community. What I found interesting is major urban area’s had a much lower rate, with Seattle having a rate as low as 1%. What is most telling about that though is that when you get into the rural areas there is a realization you cannot depend on the police. I’m not making that up either:
“People understand it might take a while for the sheriff to get to Lyman,” Hills insisted.
Mayor Debbie Heinzman also runs the local tavern. She agrees that “everybody has guns” in Lyman to protect themselves and their property.
Next I’d like to see a map that overlays property and violent crime rates by zip code. Correlation doesn’t equal causation, but I think it would still be an interesting thing to see. Doubly so since I’m sure it would counter the “more guns equals more crime” myth as well as the “concealed carry means blood in the streets” myth.
I’m reasonably sure this would be the case because:
KIRO 7 Investigators calculated only 2.8 percent of Seattle residents, overall, have sought the right to carry.
In the six zip codes to the east of I-5 (the International District to Capitol Hill, to north of the UW) the number is even lower — just 1.6 percent.
I lived in Seattle for 2 years in the U-District and there wasn’t really a day that went by that I didn’t hear about either violent crime or property crime. There is an anomaly in that theory as Kent, which is not exactly the nicest part of the area, has a carry rate equal to where I live. Even worse is Tacoma, which high urban area also has a much higher carry rate than the state average.
So when you pull all that in, it’s like the gun is merely a tool and what really matters are the people carrying it and what their intent is.
TMM is the owner, editor, and principal author at The Minuteman, a competitive shooter, and staff member for Boomershoot. Even in his free time he’s merging his love and knowledge of computers and technology with his love of firearms.
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