Per capita comparisons represent the only valid form of comparison if statistical significance can be achieved. I reintroduced New York City here because a question had been asked about the source of information in the prior topic. I avoided the exceptional year of 2023, when the per capita homicide rate in Lewiston was ~3,800% greater than that of New York due to the mass shooting. In any case, the Sun Journal article is about recent trends in gun violence, which appear to have increased from prior levels.