You get the bad guys off the street. In D.C. the murder rate has consistently been one of the highest in the entire country. Among large Cities, it is 27 homicides per 100,000 residents each year. That is higher than Bogota, Colombia, D.C. not only that, but if you look at vehicle theft, vehicle theft is 842 per 100,000 residents, which is three times the national average. (26:58–27:05)
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Asserts that D.C.'s homicide rate is 27 per 100,000 residents annually.
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