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Originally Posted by epitome
For the 100th time on this board, the murder rate is down 50% in Chicago. 500 is A LOT but considering they used to clock nearly 1,000 some years it is a huge improvement.
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Chicago police reported the seizure of 7,400 guns used in crimes, or that were unpermitted, in the past year ? nearly double the 3,285 reported for New York City for the same time frame. That?s despite the fact Chicago has the toughest gun-control laws in the nation, prohibiting sales within the city and, until the Supreme Court found it unconstitutional in 2010, banning handguns.
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/...e-claims-gun-/
A bloody weekend in which seven people were killed and six wounded has put an abrupt end ? at least for now ? to hopes that Chicago was at least putting a lid on its frightening homicide rate.
With a few days left in the month, the nation's third-largest city now finds itself on the cusp of its deadliest January in more than a decade.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/0...n_2569472.html
Yea, nothing to see here, everything's fine...