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Originally posted by Peaches
I love the way people like to separate murders and gun murders.
Facts:
Amsterdam, where our lovely gun hating Battus lives, has a higher murder rate than any other similar sized city in the US except Washington DC.
Speaking of Washington DC, they have some of the most restrictive laws against guns. Ooops! Seems the cities with the highest murder rates in the US have the most restrictive gun laws. Cities with the most relaxed gun laws have the lowest murder rates.
In GA, a town called Kennesaw passed a law several years ago where everyone was required by law to own a gun. ALL CRIMES, including murders, dropped and have not risen.
It makes sense that the fewer guns you have, the fewer gun murders you're going to have. But dead is dead. Compare apples and apples if you're going to look at murder rates.
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Dig it!
Chicago ended 2003 with 599 homicides, down from 648 a year earlier and its the first time since 1967 that the total dipped below 600.
Funny that New York, with about three times the population, ended the year with 596 homicides. Los Angeles, which had the most murders in 2002 at 658, wound up 2003 with an estimated total just under 500.
Illinois is one of those few states that you can't carry concealed, you have to buy a firearms owner identication card, submit to a backround check and be photographed by the State Police, can't legally touch any gun that you want to buy unless you have the FOID card, there are restrictions on what you can and can't buy, and to add insult to injury, 20 years ago Chicago banned handgun registration.
Ask me if I feel safe living in Illinois.