50 Most Homicidal Cities in the World. Where’s Chicago?

By Robert Farago

“The 50 most dangerous cities in the world have been named and shamed, and an astonishing 21 of them are in Brazil,” dailymail.co.uk observes. [Full list after the jump.] “Latin America features highly in the ranking, released by Mexico’s Citizens’ Council for Public Security and Criminal Justice, home to some 41 of the cities listed.” I’m not entirely sure that the numbers collated by the MCCPSCJ are trustworthy, but according to this org, the top of the pops, the world’s most murder intensive city is . . .

Caracas, Venezuela.

Hang on. Isn’t that the same Venezuela that banned civilian gun ownership in 2012? That confiscated and destroyed tens of thousands of guns (as above)? The country where “strict” gun control means that bad guys kill cops to take their guns? Huh. Anyway . . .

The list doesn’t just include Latin America, with U.S. cities St Louis, Baltimore, Detroit and New Orleans also featuring.

Wait. Where’s Chicago? In Illinois. obvs. Chicago proper has a low per capita murder rate. Combine the associated areas and it would make the homicide hit parade. I wonder if Detroit will come off this list as concealed carry kicks …Read the Rest

Source:: Truth About Guns