FBD
09-01-2011, 11:45 AM
Chicago's Mayor Richard Daley predicted disaster. He said that overturning the gun ban was "a very frightening decision" and predicted more deaths along with Wild West-style shootouts and that people "are going to take a gun and they are going to end their lives in a family dispute." . . .
District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty had his own prediction: "More handguns in the District of Columbia will only lead to more handgun violence."
If a resident has a handgun in the home that he can use for self- defense, then he has a handgun in the home that he can use to commit suicide or engage in acts of domestic violence. If it is indeed the case, as the District believes, that the number of guns contributes to the number of gun- related crimes, accidents, and deaths, then, although there may be less restrictive, less effective substitutes for an outright ban, there is no less restrictive equivalent of an outright ban. . . . In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas.
—Justice Stephen Breyer, dissenting in District of Columbia v. Heller, June 26, 2008
(The possible harm from guns was central to his dissent, and the words “crime,” “criminal,” “criminologist,” “homicide,” “murder,” “rape,” “robbery,” "suicide," and “victim” were used a total of 122 times in forty-four pages.)
and what really happened:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BnWmPi9dtL4/TlkWtWh7S_I/AAAAAAAAB04/FW9W_gY9czQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2011-08-27%2Bat%2B%2BSaturday%252C%2BAugust%2B27%252C%2B12 .08%2BPM%2B1.png
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LhIY2FShViU/TlkWxIxrhMI/AAAAAAAAB1A/EAO8JoF4pRc/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2011-08-27%2Bat%2B%2BSaturday%252C%2BAugust%2B27%252C%2B12 .08%2BPM.png
pesky reality!
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2011/08/so-what-happened-to-chicagos-murder-and.html#links
https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/News/Statistical%20Reports/Index%20Crime%20Statistics/2011%20Index%20Crime%20Statistics/mcsJune11.pdf
https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/News/Statistical%20Reports/Index%20Crime%20Statistics/2011%20Index%20Crime%20Statistics
ya know, in case there wasnt enough data proving this already :mrgreen:
interestingly, motor vehicle thefts went way up - we all know what combination procured that one ;)
District of Columbia Mayor Adrian Fenty had his own prediction: "More handguns in the District of Columbia will only lead to more handgun violence."
If a resident has a handgun in the home that he can use for self- defense, then he has a handgun in the home that he can use to commit suicide or engage in acts of domestic violence. If it is indeed the case, as the District believes, that the number of guns contributes to the number of gun- related crimes, accidents, and deaths, then, although there may be less restrictive, less effective substitutes for an outright ban, there is no less restrictive equivalent of an outright ban. . . . In my view, there simply is no untouchable constitutional right guaranteed by the Second Amendment to keep loaded handguns in the house in crime-ridden urban areas.
—Justice Stephen Breyer, dissenting in District of Columbia v. Heller, June 26, 2008
(The possible harm from guns was central to his dissent, and the words “crime,” “criminal,” “criminologist,” “homicide,” “murder,” “rape,” “robbery,” "suicide," and “victim” were used a total of 122 times in forty-four pages.)
and what really happened:
http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-BnWmPi9dtL4/TlkWtWh7S_I/AAAAAAAAB04/FW9W_gY9czQ/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2011-08-27%2Bat%2B%2BSaturday%252C%2BAugust%2B27%252C%2B12 .08%2BPM%2B1.png
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/-LhIY2FShViU/TlkWxIxrhMI/AAAAAAAAB1A/EAO8JoF4pRc/s1600/Screen%2BShot%2B2011-08-27%2Bat%2B%2BSaturday%252C%2BAugust%2B27%252C%2B12 .08%2BPM.png
pesky reality!
http://johnrlott.blogspot.com/2011/08/so-what-happened-to-chicagos-murder-and.html#links
https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/News/Statistical%20Reports/Index%20Crime%20Statistics/2011%20Index%20Crime%20Statistics/mcsJune11.pdf
https://portal.chicagopolice.org/portal/page/portal/ClearPath/News/Statistical%20Reports/Index%20Crime%20Statistics/2011%20Index%20Crime%20Statistics
ya know, in case there wasnt enough data proving this already :mrgreen:
interestingly, motor vehicle thefts went way up - we all know what combination procured that one ;)