Massachusetts Ranked 22nd in Safest States, Well Below Other New England States

[GOAL]

Massachusetts Ranked 22nd in Safest States, Well Below Other New England States

On March 14, 2008 CQPress released the latest edition of their publication that tracks the safest and most dangerous states in the country. The edition, Crime State Rankings 2008, has ranked Massachusetts only 22nd in the list of safest states. The rest of the New England states ranked as follows:

New Hampshire #1

Maine #2

Vermont #4

Connecticut #11

Rhode Island #12

Massachusetts #22

"How ironic is it that our neighboring states that our constantly blamed for the crime problems here in Massachusetts are actually safer places to live," said Jim Wallace Executive Director of GOAL. "Politicians and anti-civil rights groups are constantly telling the people that the crime here in the Commonwealth is caused by the so-called lax laws to the north. Yet here is still more evidence that those statements are simply not true. New Hampshire and Vermont don't have anything close to resembling the oppressive gun laws that are present in Massachusetts and yet it is safer by far to live there.
A brief outline of this report can be found at the following website.

http://www.cqpress.com/product/Crime-State-Rankings-2008.html

METHODOLOGY

The Safest and Most Dangerous State rankings are determined using rates for six crime categories—murder, rape, aggravated assault, burglary, robbery, and motor vehicle theft—by calculating a state’s position relative to the national average for each category. Crime categories are weighted equally, so that state comparisons are based purely on how states performed against the national average. The weighted, aggregate scores are totaled, and a state is assigned a final score. The farther below the national average a state’s crime rate is, the safer it ranks; the farther above the national average, the more dangerous.

 

[thalife]

we'd prolly move up a few spots if we could somehow push all of springfield into the ct. river

 

[vellnueve]

And a few more if we could push most of Boston into the Atlantic.

 

[John2]

Better to push Liberal judges off the Bench. Criminals have more rights than victims, and if you defend yourself you'll end up in more trouble than the criminal intent on doing you harm. When police pick up drug pushers only to have a judge release him on "personal recognitance' and disappear to be arrested again...something is wrong. Its not the guns. Its the feel good liberal mindset that has the Commonwealth going down the tubes.

 

[the_doctor]

Better to push Liberal judges off the Bench. Criminals have more rights than victims, and if you defend yourself you'll end up in more trouble than the criminal intent on doing you harm. When police pick up drug pushers only to have a judge release him on "personal recognitance' and disappear to be arrested again...something is wrong. Its not the guns. Its the feel good liberal mindset that has the Commonwealth going down the tubes.

One of "those judges" was mentioned in the Boston Now paper, today.
I have to say that the whole story about her is way overblown. No one really talks about the lawyers that should be disbarred. They were engaged in "pre-texting." They were trying to dig up dirt on her and slander her. They admitted that it was all about the their clients who fought over that north shore supermarket chain in her court.

I have not been impressed with some SJC rulings, but I agree with a lot of things including the Judge that reduced the Nanny's sentence in the Eapping case.

Bill

 

[MrsWildweasel]

we'd prolly move up a few spots if we could somehow push all of springfield into the ct. river

I agree.Throw in Holyoke for good measure too.

 

[mostly_lurking]

we'd prolly move up a few spots if we could somehow push all of springfield into the ct. river

Um...And have it wash down river to us in CT..? Um..No...

 

[theGringo]

Um...And have it wash down river to us in CT..? Um..No...

Don't worry. If we do this at high flow, all the crap should wash right through and on out to Long Island Sound.

 

[delgrifith]

The moonbat liberal answer will be....Well clearly even more gun control is the answer!

 

[BigWarden]

I blame Massachusetts lax gun control laws for it's poor showing in safety.

And NH's #1 standing is clearly because nobody in our state actually keeps 'em, we just load them up into Ice Cream trucks and sell them to schoolchildren along the border.