Chicago is still substantially higher than the two cities ahead of it in population. Inner-city gun violence is a serious issue that has been ignored for an extremely long time.
As for the gun control laws in Chicago, the statistics suggest a significant portion of the weapons used in commission of these crimes are brought in illegally from out of state. States where gun control laws aren't stringent at all.
goldfly (01-13-2017), The Chosen One (01-13-2017)
I am laughing so hard now about stopping the flow of guns in Chicago. It ain't happening unless you want a lot of dead cops or law enforcement dead in the process and even then you are killing off the only element that can do something.
What they need to do is shipped all those hood rats, including some of my familym, off to an Alcatraz type of facility and leave them there and not have them on the street one week later because the capacity can't keep them.....or make drugs legal. I don't think they will go all out on pimping skanks on the corner as there is not much profit in that.
Illinois has one the lowest weapon registrations in the nation and Chicago the hardest to obtain a weapon, do you not think Prohibition inhibits more crime in transporting weapons as well as drugs?
I can make one single phone call to family in Chicago, which about 80% live and if I want a weapon I don't think it will be hard to obtain one.
This is one of the reasons why I will never EVER live in Chicago. When I go on vacation, sporadic shots and sirens 24/7. My ex lived out in Schaumburg and I did not hear a peep when I was out there.