Tpoppa Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/06/us/chicago-gun-ban/index.html?hpt=hp_t2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magley64 Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 interesting... wonder if gun deaths go up or go down as rules are relaxed.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Casper Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 If people in Chicago start being able to own/carry firearms and violent crime rates drop, it'll be quite entertaining to see the talking heads panic. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted January 7, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 The city will certainly appeal. But if the gun ban is removed it will be very interesting to see the impact on violent crimes. Pro Gun control argues that more guns = more crime.Pro Second Amendment argues that guns in the hands of the law abiding = less crime. Each side tends to cherry pick the statistics that support their position. From what I have seen, crime has gone down slightly in places where CCW laws have gone into affect. Chicago had the most homicides of any city in the US in 2012, so the gun ban wasn't solving that problem. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Seems the Police Chief in Detroit has come to his senses as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ReconRat Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 I'll go out on a limb here, and predict little or no change in the number of firearms.It will however, make many of them legal to own.What will be interesting is any changes in quantity and rate of crimes committed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jbot Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 i hear DC crime rates have skyrocketed since Heller. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tonik Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 i hear DC crime rates have skyrocketed since Heller. Yep, out of f'ing control through the roof since 2008/Heller. http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2012/11/updating-changes-in-dcs-crime-rates.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
smashweights Posted January 7, 2014 Report Share Posted January 7, 2014 Obama will just secretly get people to start committing more violent crimes in Chicago to make the stats say what they need them to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Connie14 Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 Yep, out of f'ing control through the roof since 2008/Heller. http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2012/11/updating-changes-in-dcs-crime-rates.htmlI have never seen those stats. Nice! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pokey Posted January 8, 2014 Report Share Posted January 8, 2014 (edited) Interesting stats for sure. Edited January 8, 2014 by Pokey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I'm not sure I buy their assertion that "crack was a problem, but that problem ended in the 1990's." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
madcat6183 Posted January 9, 2014 Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 Obama will just secretly get people to start committing more violent crimes in Chicago to make the stats say what they need them to People probably believe this is true, that's the sad part. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tpoppa Posted January 9, 2014 Author Report Share Posted January 9, 2014 I'll bet the crooked Chicago political machine is behind at least a few of those 500 homicides. Seriously. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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