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Originally posted by Colin@Oct 1 2003, 04:36 AM
Anyone have any idea why the US homicide rate took off from 1904 to 1907 and stayed high? Note that the homicide rate is lower today than it was 90 years ago. The question remains though. Why did it ever take off in the first place and why from 1904-1907?
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It would be really interesting to look at the numbers from 1850 on.. Back in the real Wild West days.. when everyone carried a firearm.
I wonder if an armed society was able to keep crime down. I'm sure the record keep of such things was pretty non existent back then.