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Referencing a prior announcement on this
topic posted in 1999 (see message
http://lists.ucla.edu/cgi-bin/mailman/private/firearmsregprof/1999-May/006007.html ),
Maryland still beats all other states in Robbery rates for the 8th year in a row
making a clean sweep for the Glendening-Townsend administration.
Phil
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From: Ed Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, November 05, 2003 12:10 AM To: Ed Patrick Subject: Maryland in 2002: #1 in robbery, #2 in murder, #3 in violence ... FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE November 4, 2003
CONTACT: Ed Patrick, 410-290-9147 MARYLAND CONTINUES STRING TO EIGHT YEARS: HAS THE HIGHEST ROBBERY RATE OF ANY STATE. The FBI reports Maryland's Robbery rate at 245.8 per 100,000 for
2002
beating the next highest state, NEVADA with 235.5, by more than 4%. Maryland has held this top spot in robbery since the first year of the Glendening-Townsend administration. Keeping that ranking in 2002 means a clean sweep for the eight years of their administration. A surge in murder in Prince George's and Montgomery Counties
returns
Maryland to a #2 ranking in Murder rate with 9.4 murders per 100,000. Prince George's County recorded 137 homicides in 2002, a 17 percent increase from the 2001 tally of 117 killings. Montgomery County closed 2002 with 32 slayings, up from 19 in 2001 and the most since 1994 with six of the killings from the sniper attacks. Even discounting the sniper killings, Montgomery County's homicides increased 36.8% from the previous year. Baltimore City, with a smaller population than Prince George's
or
Montgomery Counties, continued its high level of homicides with 253 in 2002, a rate of 37.7 per 100,000. That rate places Baltimore City third behind Washington, DC, and Detroit. Baltimore's high level of homicides was twice that of nearby Philadelphia (rate 18.9) and 3.5 times that of Jacksonville, Florida (11.7). Baltimore's murder rate was many times higher than in the Texas cities of Fort Worth (4 times), Austin (10 times), and El Paso (15.7 times). In overall violent crime, Maryland was third in 2002 having 769.2
violent
crimes per 100,000. Maryland Citizens Defense League (MCDL) President Ed Patrick said,
"Instead
of empowering the criminal, public safety policies in Maryland should encourage the public to provide for their own safety and security. It is past time for Maryland to join the 36 other progressive states that have achieved greater safety for all citizens by adopting 'shall-issue' concealed carry." Mr. Patrick noted that each of the cities in Texas, Florida, and
Pennsylvania
are in states with "shall issue" concealed carry policies. ## END
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