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08-04-2014, 16:00 #1
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What has Happened to Chicago’s Murder Rate?
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Nine Months After Passing Concealed Carry, What has Happened to Chicago’s Murder Rate?
April 7, 2014 By Greg Campbell
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Supporters of the Second Amendment all across the country ought to be celebrating as Chicago has enjoyed the lowest murder rate in over fifty years thanks to the Land of Lincoln’s begrudging acceptance of an individual’s right to self-defense.
Though Illinois has been remarkably slow to accept what gun owners around the country have long understood, Illinois became the fiftieth state to finally allow concealed carrying of a firearm.
On July 9ty, 2013, the bill allowing concealed carry was approved by both houses of Illinois’ congress after mounting pressure from gun rights groups and the Supreme Court.
The left offered their usual cries and warnings that the streets of Chicago would run red with the blood of the innocent, but in truth, it appears Chicago is enjoying the lowest murder rate since 1958 thanks to the underlying threat to criminals of an armed population.
The Washington Times reported:
The first three months of 2014 have seen the fewest number of homicides since 1958 — six fewer than this time in 2013, and 55 fewer than this time in 2012, The Chicago Sun-Times reported.Of course, while Occam’s razor would suggest that the change in gun laws would be the obvious cause of the drop in murder rate in a city long known for rampant gun violence, gun control proponents are maintaining that the opposite is true, that gun control efforts are working.
Gun-rights advocates argue that concealed carry laws can reduce crime and keep the population safer. The state began accepting applications for permits in January.
“The facts are every time guns have been allowed, concealed-carry has been allowed, the crime rate has gone down,” said Rep. Louie Gohmert, a Texas Republican, just months before Illinois passed the concealed carry law in July 2013.
Chicago Police Superintendant Garry McCarthy claimed that the drop in murders can be attributed to gun control efforts and the collecting of 1,300 firearms within the city and increased training for police officers.
However, it seems unlikely that after a half-century of trying the same ideas over and over again only to witness the murder rate rise that now, 9 months after enacting concealed carry laws, these same failed gun control laws are finally working.
The much simpler and obvious answer: criminals are less successful against an armed population.
Illinois may have been slow to embrace reality, but after decades of kicking and screaming, Chicago is enjoying less violence thanks to good guys with guns.
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08-04-2014, 16:05 #2
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Re: What has Happened to Chicago’s Murder Rate?
Great stuff
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08-04-2014, 16:23 #3
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Re: What has Happened to Chicago’s Murder Rate?
Thanks for sharing!
Funny how that works?
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08-04-2014, 16:24 #4
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Re: What has Happened to Chicago’s Murder Rate?
Isn't science wonderful.
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08-04-2014, 16:26 #5
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Re: What has Happened to Chicago’s Murder Rate?
Heard about them aproving carry. I wonder what "statistics" GFSA will use to explain this.
POINT IS: MORE GUNS = LESS CRIME
SAS
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08-04-2014, 16:34 #6
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Re: What has Happened to Chicago’s Murder Rate?
GFSA will start their response with "Our data suggests" followed by their usual BS
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08-04-2014, 17:23 #7
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Re: What has Happened to Chicago’s Murder Rate?
Thanks A Greef. Just had to post it to GOSA Mogale City FB page
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08-04-2014, 18:10 #8
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Re: What has Happened to Chicago’s Murder Rate?
I read this from another source a few days ago. What this version fails to mention is that the first permits were only issued at the end of February.
As much as I want it to be true, I think there is a different causation here.
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08-04-2014, 18:20 #10
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Re: What has Happened to Chicago’s Murder Rate?
maybe the crime rate went so high, it passed the hardcoded limit and started at zero again.......
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