Constitutional Law

What doesn't work in Chicago won't work in Cheyenne

Chicago's handgun ban seems functioning as expected: 125 homicides over the summer, more than the KIAs in Iraq. Glenn Reynolds suggests that with escalating violence and a corrupt regime, maybe we should just pull out of Chicago.

One of the latest: four gang members charged in murder of 10 year old girl.

"Officials say a gang on Exchange Avenue typically fights with another on Escanaba. There's an alley in between.

"The gangs often shoot at each other through gangways stemming from that alley," Assistant State's Attorney Maria McCarthy said. "

The response: a group called CeaseFire held a prayer vigil and "urged lawmakers to increase funding for CeaseFire..."

Full post as published by Of Arms and the Law on September 05, 2008 (boomark / email).