The Takeaway From London’s Murder Rate Surpassing New York’s

London overtook New York in murders for the first time in modern history in February as the capital endured a dramatic surge in knife crime.

Fifteen people were murdered in the capital, against 14 in New York. Both cities have almost exactly the same population.

London murders for March are also likely to exceed or equal New York’s. By late last night there had been 22 killings in the capital, according to the Metropolitan police, against 21 in the US city.

Eight Londoners were murdered between March 14 and March 20 alone and the total number of London murders, even excluding victims of terrorism, has risen by 38% since 2014.

There are a few takeaways from this that need to be considered, including yet another data point on how gun control doesn’t work.

“But didn’t you just say that New York City has gun control too?”

Yes, I did, …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms