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Chicago Gun Ban Ruled Unconstitutional


Tpoppa

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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. 

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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.

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