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Isn't it strange that the cities with the highest gun violence rates have the strictest gun laws.

That's because the only people that obey these laws are law-abiding citizens! The criminals don't care what the law says, they carry guns anyway.

The highest gun violence cities are those with the highest black populations, like DC, Chicago and Detroit.

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this is absolutly stupid. guns in the hands of legal citizens, and ease of purchase, curbs gun violence. statistics prove it. cities and states with concealed carry and open carry, have lower gun related violence because the criminals realize, the potential victims are armed as well if not better than them. DAILY, ALL YOU ARE DOING IS CREATING MORE VICTIMS. you think gang members care if you say they cant have a gun? I love chicago, but the gun laws are assinine.

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I used to be anti gun until my home was violated, now I feel everyone needs to protect themselves. Gun laws do no good because they only punish the law abiding citizens the criminals could care less about a gun law.. think about it

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I understand that governors and mayors of major cities in the US are appointed a home where they live during their term? I'm curious to know if the mayor of Chicago in particular is appointed a residence or if he/she lives in his/her own home.
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The city council don't want the average citizen using their rights to protect themselves. They want their policing policies to do it. So why arent they doing it? why do we continually hear about people getting shot "ON THE STREETS OF CHICAGO?" where are the sworn protectors of the citizens? If there was a show of force that people could see, maybe their safety would not be in question. Foot patrols, paddy wagons for transportation of offenders,stop and search, its all legal. All passed by the Supreme Court. use it, do it. Return the streets to law abiding citizens, put the gangbanging drug dealers where they belong, behind bars with their cronies where they can only hurt themselves.

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This makes no sense. Mayor Daley has a bad-guy problem, not a gun problem.

I'm sure the bad guys are all in favor of these laws - they make it hard for their targets to shoot back!

Instead of making new laws for the good guys, how about cracking down on the bad guys?

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The key thing to remeber is to make the gun owners are competent and legal. I live in a community wher some of the laws are similar, but the issue we now have is that with more legal guns comes gun thefts. One on the top items stolen in car break ins and home burglaries are guns. The owners are not securing them. The bad guys know where they are and how to get them, but if we put laws in action that Mayor Dailey is proposing the honest guys will be able to get their guns and it will give law enforcement the tools to arrest the bad guys violating these laws.

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Mayor Daley has been in office so long that he really believes he is King. Supported by his Serfs City Council he is able to gangster thru any laws, rules or regulations be they Constititional, legal or not.
Daley is surronded by seven heavily armed body guards protecting him and his family twenty-four hours a day at the taxpayers expense. The affluent areas of the city are also well protected aganist the criminals. Daley don't care about the law abiding citizens outside of the affluent Gold Cost or First Ward which cosists of the Downtown area, Financial Districts and Lakeshore. The law abiding citizens of the other areas of the City of Chicago are left unprotected. Daley is once again attempting to deny the citizens of Chicago their Constitutional Right to own a firearm to protect themselves and families. (Just like Daley and his family is protected) Women and the ederly are being abducted, raped and robbed at grocery store parking lots. Women and ederly homes are being vandelized and broken into on the Southside and Westsides of Chicago. Gangs are running rampant and using guns aganist law abiding citizens and innocent high school childern while Chicago Poice are writing parking tickets in those areas. The citizens of Chicago have the right to protect themselves, their families and property. Daley has no right to impose these illegal, costly
and unconstitutional regulations on the citizens of Chicago. Crime in Chicago is higher than any other major city in the nation. Daley has done absolutely nothing about crime. It is not safe to walk the streets at night because the criminals, who have guns, have taken over the city. This crime wave is now spilling over into the affluent areas. As a Veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps I should not be treated like a criminal simply because I want to be able to protect my family and myself or to protect any other individual from a gang member or criminal. When the gangs and criminals realize that law abiding citizens have the ability to protect themselves, crime will decrease. If Mayor Daley is not going to protect us, then he should get out of the way and let us protect ourselves!

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If guns are bad for the citizens of Chicago then why is Daley surrounded by seven heavily armed body guards to protect him and his family twenty four hours a day at the taxpayers expense? The other citizens of Chicago has the same right to protect themselves, their property and families twenty four hours a day. DALEY IS NOT KING he does not have the right to impose Unconstitutional law, rules and regulations aganist law abiding citizens who simply want to protect themselves. Daley has done nothing to stop the Chicago Crime Wave. If he is not going to protect the citizens of Chicago then he should "get out of the way" and allow law abiding citizens to protect themselves!

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