donp: ..you're reaching to find gun control working somewhere.
.. then why did I include this in the OP: murders dropped 42% over same period last year and shootings down 27% -- reductions that authorities say were fueled by anti-gang initiatives.
And the link I provided wrote this: the advent of warmer weather {in 2012 not 2013} was partly to blame for the disturbance because it brings young people outside. .. Police Dept has put more officers on the street
I provided 3 reasons why the murder rate declined 42% & not one related to guncontrol.
The bigger local DU news is this apparently shuts 'you all' up. What happened to pro gun machismo just a few months back on how chicago's gun control was such an abject failure since murder up in 2012?:
donp, jan 3 2013: .. If these laws are working so well, explain the 508 deaths last year in Chicago? http://sync.democraticunderground.com/117299682 Um, warmer weather in chicago in 2012?
shadowrider It was, how do you explain 508 shooting deaths in Chicago?
friendlyicon, comparing chi to houston: "
C)hicago was higher in the 4 more violent crimes, assault robbery rape & murder" So what good were those gun restrictions?
DonP, JANUARY 7, 2013: 4,037 new gun permits, not just handguns, is next to nothing statistically With 2.7 million people that's almost a rise in gun ownership of .01%!Except ... you don't have "more handguns" in Chicago ... That's a popular gun grabber myth, that immediately after McDonald everybody is suddenly carrying in Chicago and stocked their house with guns.
Between the requirement for training (city council still hasn't defined the required training) and range time at an approved range (and there are no approved ranges in the city) in the current set of Chicago laws and the need to still have your gun registered with the police, there hasn't been a whole lot of change in the number of legal guns in Chicago.
http://sync.democraticunderground.com/1172100992
Clames, jan 7, 2013: Chicago tried that gun ban thing. It was a failure too.
No, I'm not ascribing the 42% decline to guncontrol efforts in chicago, just that the new statistics, well, shuts you all up.
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