Chicago Violent Crime Plummets After SCOTUS Removes Gun Ban

We've never been a fan of Chicago's Mayor, so it is with glee that we report how wrong he was about the repeal of Chicago's ban on handguns. Here's a excerpt of the article...

Murder and violent crime rates were supposed to soar after the Supreme Court struck down Chicago’s and Washington, D.C.’s gun control laws. Politicians predicted disaster. “More handguns in the District of Columbia will only lead to more handgun violence,” Washington’s Mayor Adrian Fenty warned the...

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[Spencer @ security services perth]

The decision signaled that some limitations on the Constitution's "right to keep and bear arms" could survive legal challenges.

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[akeh]

I agree that More handguns in the District of Columbia will only lead to more handgun violence." since guns only leads to more violence and some data suggest that people with guns tend to have more incidents.

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[CC]

FBI crime statistics do not lead us to conclude that legal gun possession and concealed carry either increase or decrease gun-related crimes. Both sides of the gun debate are wrong here. Enforcement and conviction rates are what really make a difference between jurisdictions. There are also socioeconomic, cultural and local issues that tend to generate more gun violence or keep it low.

The war on drugs and methamphetamine epidemic are two primary factors creating gun violence. Legalization of marijuana and the use of drug courts and decriminalization of certain drugs would dramatically reduce the need for drug users/purveyors to use guns to defend themselves and their territories.

Another special area of gun related crime is related to people who are normally law-abiding citizens but go through a piercing emotional situation through separation, divorce, breakup, loss of a loved one, and mental breakdown. It seems to me that a lot can be done to help couples resolve conflict without resorting to gun violence. This type of gun violence is overwhelmingly targeted at women. I am not suggesting taking guns away here, but instead educating couples who have guns about the dangers of having them around during severe emotional and mental situations.

And, finally, improvements in the systems that help to detect and treat mentally ill people and prevent them from possessing guns while they are ill.

Republicans would have us live in anarchy and let the mentally ill get guns and let couples continue to kill each other and continue to cause violence through prosecution of people who do the nonviolent crime of using drugs.

It seems to me that it is up to DEMOCRATS who support Gun Rights to clear the air about the legal ownership of guns and the root causes of gun violence because the Republicans surely won't. We can then hopefully get to the right balance: Citizens can possess and carry legally in most of America while our society/governments change the drug laws and implement programs that help those most at risk of gun violence, while maintainging strong enforcement and prosecution for those who truly deserve to be in prison.
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