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Invest in a list of global rankings. Cities like Phoenix, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, or even Atlanta (which probably voted for Obama anyway) are nowhere near world class. Chicago is several tiers above them, and has an economy larger than most red states too.
500 homicides, huh? Montreal has one million people MORE than Chicago and last year we had 35 homicides.
We have really strict gun regulations.
Montreal is the 15th largest city in North America. It is much smaller than Chicago, whether measured by the city limits or the metropolitan area. Can you get basic facts correct?
Oh, for heaven's sake! Stop playing the fool. Are you honestly going to sit there and tell me there's any semblance of a real border surrounding LA or Chicago, with guards checking who goes in or out, confiscating weapons? What's the point of having "gun control" in a city when anyone can drive in with a trunkful of handguns?
So we are in agreement that the continual focus on city gun laws by Chicago politicians over the past 30 years have been a sham and a charade?
I moved from Chicago to Seattle about 20 years ago. When I lived in Chicago it was illegal to even have a handgun in your home. It was legal for a Chicago resident to buy a handgun, but to be legal you had to store it outside of city limits. In Seattle not only was it legal to own a handgun, 5 minutes of paperwork got me a permit to carry it, which was entirely verboten in Chicago except for police and various other politically-connected types.
Last year Seattle had 26 murders, while Chicago had 532. Seattle is about one fourth the size, pop-wise, so it translates to about 104 murders in Seattle vs. 532 in Chicago.
I moved from Chicago to Seattle about 20 years ago. When I lived in Chicago it was illegal to even have a handgun in your home. It was legal for a Chicago resident to buy a handgun, but to be legal you had to store it outside of city limits. In Seattle not only was it legal to own a handgun, 5 minutes of paperwork got me a permit to carry it, which was entirely verboten in Chicago except for police and various other politically-connected types.
Last year Seattle had 26 murders, while Chicago had 532. Seattle is about one fourth the size, pop-wise, so it translates to about 104 murders in Seattle vs. 532 in Chicago.
That was ages ago, handguns are legal in Chicago and conceal and carry will soon be allowed as well
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