NC crime rate is .05 for a pop of 9.6M. NY crime rate is .04 for a pop of 19.4M. Except, it’s actually much higher considering that close to 70% is in NYC where the strict gun laws are. And as popa_bar_abba said, NYC spends immense amount of money on NYPD.
“They can buy them privately with no background check almost everywhere in the US.”
Are you serious? Do you actually know how much guns cost in stores vs getting Chinese knock offs from Red Hook in Brooklyn? And you do know that guns and ammo are on a huge backorder right now, especially around NY.
This whole private sale claim has been disproven many times. Stop quoting liberal propaganda.