Posted on 04/04/2014 5:10:31 PM PDT by mandaladon
On July 9, 2013, a bill to recognize Illinois gun owners’ right to carry concealed firearms was passed by both chambers of the state Legislature. Illinois became the last state in the nation to allow public possession of concealed guns.
Gun control advocates warned that high-crime areas, like Chicago, would only see more violence if residents were allowed to carry guns in public.
In reality, the opposite may be happening.
On Tuesday, the Chicago Police Department announced that the city experienced its lowest murder rate since 1958 in the first quarter of 2014. There were 6 fewer murders than the same timeframe in 2013 — a 9 percent drop — and 55 fewer murders than 2012, police said.
Further, there were reportedly 90 fewer shootings and 119 fewer shooting victims compared to last year. There have also been 222 fewer shootings and 292 fewer shooting victims compared to the first quarter in 2012.
All crime is down 25 percent from 2013 and police say they have confiscated over 1,300 illegal guns in the last three months.
Now, it’s entirely too soon to conclude that the concealed carry law is partly responsible for Chicago’s across-the-board drop in the crime. However, it is not unreasonable to conclude the drop in crime may undercut gun control advocates’ argument that more guns equal more crime.
(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...
What a helpful law to have in place.
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.
Yeah, right. Actually, the number of beat cops has gone down significantly since the Nineties and many of the replacements look like they’re right out of the academy. This is the same “talent” that only solves and prosecutes 35% of murders in Chicago.
Sorry, Bert, but it just ain't so. That culture breeds like rabbits (it boosts welfare income), and replenishes itself enough to more than make up for the loss of a few hundred baby-daddys a year.
Always has been, always will be...The proof is in the pudding!
Either the weather or the thugs have reach a critical point of killing each other off and thereby eliminating the competition and colleagues
They’ll be back at it soon.One of public housing’s principal products is thugs,it cranks them out in great numbers.
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.
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