Illinois passes concealed carry, crime rates drop

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Filed in the Captain Obvious category Illinois saw a reduced crime rate since criminals can no longer prey upon helpless people.

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/aug/24/chicago-crime-rate-drops-as-concealed-carry-gun-pe/

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  • rgambs
    rgambs Posts: 13,576
    i dont necessarily think this is untrue, but its a little soon to tell dont you think? Its quite a conclusion to draw from less than 1 years worth of data. I say the same thing for the drop in crime rate in Denver...rates fluctuate alot so you need a decent data set to make strong correlations. Do states that have longer running CC programs show rates that dropped and stayed lower?
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  • PJ_Soul
    PJ_Soul Vancouver, BC Posts: 51,029
    Could have just been the weather. Weather actually has a profound effect on crime. So do a lot lot of other things. rgambs is right. Way too early to attribute that law to crime rates.
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  • mickeyrat
    mickeyrat Posts: 45,626
    why do I feel a sense of Deja Vu?
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  • Indifference71
    Indifference71 Chicago Posts: 14,935
    The awful winter in Chicago has a lot to do with the crime rate going down.

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