Maine had a rate of 0.03 per 1.000 residents. Overall. violent crime in New York ran at a rate of 10.95 crimes per 1.000 people. contrasted with a Maine violent crime rate of 1.96 per 1.000. The differences between Maine and New York are far broader than the absence of a firearms statute: New York contains one of the largest urban areas in the world. it has a far higher proportion of minorities. the mobility of its population and its immigration and outmigration patterns are very different. So it is obvious that comparisons between Maine and New York are no more valid than comparisons between our country and others. such as Britain or Switzerland. For the same reasons of diversity which make comparisons so misleading.
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