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Originally Posted by MrMaxwell
Rochard, I can't believe it's you writing all of that. Go read about what happened in Chicago and DC
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I haven't read about DC. I have, on the other, read A LOT about Chicago.
Over a twenty year period Chicago has put on the books lots of gun laws. At the same time, the NRA is working directly to remove those gun laws - taking them to the Supreme Court and winning. While all of this is going on... The homicide rate in Chicago is coming down. You cannot deny this. During the 1990s homicides were in the 900 range; 943 homicides in 1992. In the past few years, we've seen the homicide rate drop below 500 - 435 in 2011.
I fail to understand why anyone is pointing to Chicago and saying gun laws don't work. Homicides have been nearly cut in half.
But it's irrelevant at the same time. You know damn well you can walk outside of city limits and buy whatever you need. But you cannot deny it's helped.
Vendzilla the other mention some town in Georgia that has a law which requires people to have firearms in their homes. This city is also mentioned by gun nuts. It's safer than the average US city. But it was three times less safer than my little hometown, which is only slightly larger.