The Illinois Supreme Court found the state's assault weapons ban constitutional. It was passed after the Highland Park shooting last year.

The Illinois Supreme Court found the state’s assault weapons ban constitutional. It was passed after the Highland Park shooting last year.

  • JWBananasEnglish
    2•11 months ago

    The highest rate of gun crime is high gun restriction states.

    What does gun crime mean in this context?

    Does it mean crimes committed with a gun?

    Does it mean violations of gun laws? If so, is that normalized with respect to the stricter restrictions in those states?

    Is it normalized with respect to total population? With respect to population type (rural versus urban)?

    Is it possible that the states with more restrictions have done so because of the rates of those crimes?

    • Tb0n3
      0•11 months ago

      “Chicago’s homicide rate is an outlier among major U.S. cities. At a rate of 29 firearm homicides per 100,000 residents, it is six times higher than New York City’s and three times higher than in Los Angeles.”

      Illinois, and Chicago in particular, is the highest gun crime area in the US and guess what city has the most restrictive gun laws.

      • QHC
        3•11 months ago

        If you are going to make an argument of correlation equaling causation, you should probably at least establish the order of operations so your argument is clear.

      • EnderofGames
        2•10 months ago

        Gun laws vary from state to state. In some U.S. states, there is virtually no gun regulation at all, like Montana and Alaska. On the other hand, some states have stricter gun legislation. Some of these states which have the strictest gun laws tend to be those which are most populous and have a larger urban community, those who are residing in cities compared to those in rural areas. Take California for example, which has the strictest gun laws in the United States and has the seventh lowest rate of death by gun violence despite being the most populous state. Other states with some of the strictest gun laws include New York, New Jersey, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Hawaii, and Connecticut.

        Saying “Chicago has the most restrictive gun laws” is something I’ve heard passed around on FB before. It doesn’t surprise me that gang violence and random gun violence happens in more populated areas, and that cities and densely populated states would have crime and laws to match. But I’ve never seen evidence that Chicago is an outlier for gun laws as a city. I mean, the post here suggests that the “assault weapons ban” is new, so clearly the state hadn’t made any laws against semi-auto firearms, large calibre firearms, or large capacity mags until now (recently).