News Flash in Chicago!!!

[RamRoddoc]

Well I be gosh darn that goes contrary to common "gun sense". How can this be? There will be some seriously upset and angry folks about this earth shattering revelation that contradicts the fine research conducted at Bloomberg-John Hopkins school of Public Health......


http://madworldnews.com/chicagos-crime-rate-concealed-carry/

The Washington Times reports, since Illinois has been allowing its residents to carry concealed weapons, the number of robberies leading to arrests in Chicago has dropped by 20 percent from last year, according to police statistics. In the first quarter the city’s homicide rate was at a 56-year low, while reports of burglary and motor vehicle theft have declined by 20 percent and 26 percent, respectively.

“It isn’t any coincidence crime rates started to go down when concealed carry was permitted. Just the idea that the criminals don’t know who’s armed and who isn’t has a deterrence effect,” said Richard Pearson, executive director of the Illinois State Rifle Association.

A study by the Crime Prevention Research Center in July found that over the past seven years there has been a 147 percent increase in the number of Americans carrying concealed. However, statistics show that the increase has actually had a positive effect on violent crimes. Rather than causing it to skyrocket, there has been a 22 percent decrease over the same period of time.

John Lott, considered a heretic by some anti-gun educated idiots due to being very supportive of stringent, restrictive gun control had a change of heart when his own research convinced him otherwise.

“There’s a lot of academic research that’s been done on this, and if you look at the peer-reviewed studies, the bottom line is a large majority find a benefit of concealed carry on crime rates — and, at worst, there’s no cost,” said John Lott Jr., president of the Crime Prevention Research Center.

 

[B. Byrd]

Whoda thunk it???

 

[timbgtm]

Whoda thunk it???

Nobody apparently, until now.

 

[GlockIssue]

Great stuff, thanks for posting!

 

[Crackerz]

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news...ate-drops-as-concealed-carry-gun-pe/?page=all

 

[MacTavish]

Anti-gun nuts will continue to be acrimonious AH's no matter what the stats and reports conclude.

 

[RamRoddoc]

Well it's all a big mistake it was simply good old police work despite no change in doctrine, tactics, manpower and policy-other than letting citizens carry weapons after they took a 16 hour class and paid $600! to exercise a "right".


It's official:

The Chicago Police Department has credited better police work as a reason for the lower crime rates this year. Police Superintendent Garry F. McCarthy noted the confiscation of more than 1,300 illegal guns in the first three months of the year, better police training and “intelligent policing strategies.”

The Chicago Police Department didn’t respond to a request for comment from The Washington Times.

Awww he deserves an award for finally making a significant change in the crime rate after 57 years. Perhaps he can create a Chicago LEO team to export to every large city in the nation to train all other agencies that are doing it so very wrong......

Illinois became the 50th state in the nation to issue concealed weapons permits. An individual permit costs about $600 and requires at least 16 hours of classes.

What other right? Jim Crow laws were struck down but seem tolerable if it involves gun prejudice.