“Chicago Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy called the drop in crime a “trend.” He attributed the drop to the “talent level of individuals” on the police force, “intelligent policing strategies” and other programs. He did not mention the concealed carry law.”...................So the talent level of the cops improved?
I can see the next “Trayvon Trail of Tears Roadshow” starting anytime now .... well maybe not unless there are still “White Hispanics” or “White Afro-Americans” or “White-Asians” or “White-Whites” left residing in the Chicago ghetto.
It’s been a cold winter in Chicago.Things will pick up this summer.
Global Cooling helps crime statistics, especially in the middle of the Winter.
They won't. They'll bury it.
Look! Miley Cyrus is twerking a chimp!!!
Really?
Then how come when we get two straight days of 90 degree temps - in July! - we're told it's OBVIOUSLY because of man-made "carbon footprints"?
The reason is not concealed carry. There might be a concealed carry correlation, but that is not responsible for the crime rate decrease.
The reason for the crime rate decrease is the actual murder rate in previous reporting periods. What happened was that many bad criminals were murdered and the crime rate subsequently declined
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They’ll spin it much like any other fact that doesn’t fit their agenda. They and their complicit press puppets just won’t talk about it.
Wait till summer. Concealed carry will help but it takes a while.
With open carry and a supportive police chief violent crime was down 14% in Detroit last year and murder down 7%.
However the citizens are getting the hang of it and are starting to take a toll. 10 defensive shootings in Detroit all of last year and something like 15 already this year.
Going back decades, every time a state proposed shall-issue concealed carry, the anti’s and their media cohorts proclaimed the ole blood in the streets warnings, yet it never happened.
Why should it be any different for Chicago?
Why is it we never see the stats on how many people used a gun to protect themselves from thugs, drug addicts, home invaders, and thieves?
Hmmm...wonder why that is.
Well, the first CCW permits were just mailed out about three weeks ago, so I think it may be a stretch to claim the drop in homicides is due to Illinois now being a concealed carry state. I think the current drop in homicides may be due — at least in part — to the f***ing coldest winter on f***ing record!
Way to early.
This winter has been colder longer. The feral population does not like cold. Wait until it heats up.
Here in Detroit the animals are pretty stupid even as a record trend in them getting shot up.
Won’t happen overnight, but it will happen.
Always has been, always will be...The proof is in the pudding!
the likely reason crime went down is due to the harsh winter. once things heat up things will start to heat up again.
BUMP from Texas.
Thank you Sam Colt?/S
“I wonder how the libs will spin this”
From the article: However, it is not unreasonable to conclude the drop in crime may undercut gun control advocates’ argument that more guns equal more crime.
You can bet the libs will not let any facts get in the way of their campaign. They haven’t so far.