Bloomberg's group over 90x more likely to be convicted of crime than TX CHL holders.

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NYC Mayor Bloomberg's Mayors Against Illegal Guns (MAIG) consists of 578 current mayors pushing for various gun control measures.

Here are twelve current or former members:
Shiela Dixon, Baltimore, MD
Gary Becker, Racine, WI
Kwame Kilpatrick, Detroit, MI
David Delle Donna, Guttenberg, NJ
Samuel Rivera, Passaic, NJ
Will Wynn, Austin, TX
Larry Langford, Birmingham, AL
Jeremiah Healy, Jersey City, NJ
Adam Bradley, White Plains, NY
Richard Corkery, Coaldale, PA
Frank Melton, Jackson, MS
Felix Roque, West New York, NJ

What's so special about these twelve? Well, they've been convicted of crimes- fraud and perjury, sexually assaulting a child, extortion, bribery, child pornography, carrying a gun illegally, and tax evasion to name some.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/01/06/AR2010010605022.html
http://www.jsonline.com/news/crime/79928682.html
http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080904/NEWS01/309050001
http://www.nj.com/news/index.ssf/2008/04/jurors_in_the_federal_corrupti.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/24/nyregion/nyregionspecial2/24passaicnj.html?_r=2
http://www.talkleft.com/story/2008/3/6/142631/5235
http://blog.al.com/spotnews/2009/10/larry_langford_found_guilty.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/23/nyregion/23mayor.html?_r=2&oref=slogin
http://www.capitaltonight.com/2012/01/former-white-plains-mayor-shelling-out-campaign-funds-for-legal-bills/
http://www.tnonline.com/2011/sep/20/corkery-behind-bars
http://www.nysun.com/new-york/bloomberg-anti-gun-mayor-is-charged-with-carrying/43999/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/05/24/felix-roque-hacking-mayor-recall-website-new-jersey_n_1543637.html

So, what's the rate for conviction in Bloomberg's group? 2076 per 100,000.

What's the rate for conviction for Texas CHL holders? 23 per 100,000 (2011*).

Bloomberg's group is 90x more likely to be convicted of a crime than TX CHL holders.

*calculated from:
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/chl/reports/convrates.htm
http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/rsd/chl/reports/demographics.htm

If you happen to find more, feel free to note them below and I'll recalculate.

eta: Added Richard Corkery, Coaldale, PA (possession of child pornography)

eta2: Added Frank Melton, Jackson, MS (carrying a gun illegally)

eta3: Added Felix Roque, West New York, NJ (hacking)