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Recently President Obama and Chicago politicians blamed Indiana for having lax gun control laws which they say are responsible for bringing easily accessed guns across state lines and into Chicago where they are used in many shootings and homocides.
People in defense of guns say that there are plenty of laws on the books and that they should be enforced. That is correct.
But why hasn't anyone said:
If lax gun laws in Indiana are the reason for the violent crime rate involving guns in Chicago then why, percentage-wise, does Indiana not have a violent crime rate involving guns as high as Chicago?
Because one with think that if guns are so easy to get a hold in Indiana then Indiana would also be a war zone, like Chicago.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/10/28/lax-indiana-gun-laws/74740388/
People in defense of guns say that there are plenty of laws on the books and that they should be enforced. That is correct.
But why hasn't anyone said:
If lax gun laws in Indiana are the reason for the violent crime rate involving guns in Chicago then why, percentage-wise, does Indiana not have a violent crime rate involving guns as high as Chicago?
Because one with think that if guns are so easy to get a hold in Indiana then Indiana would also be a war zone, like Chicago.
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2015/10/28/lax-indiana-gun-laws/74740388/
Is Indiana to blame for Chicago's gun violence?
Tony Cook, The Indianapolis Star 1:13 p.m. EDT October 28, 2015
INDIANAPOLIS — When President Barack Obama suggested that Indiana and other states with few gun restrictions are to blame for Chicago’s homicide problem, it rankled GOP leaders here. “There are those who criticize any gun safety reforms by pointing to my hometown as an example,” Obama said. “The problem with that argument, as the Chicago Police Department will tell you, is that 60% of guns recovered in crimes come from out of state. You’ve just got to hop across the border.”
A report from Chicago authorities found that nearly 60% of illegal guns recovered in the city from 2009 to 2013 were first sold in states with more lax gun laws. The largest portion came from Indiana, which accounted for 19% of the illegal guns in Chicago.
“It doesn’t matter where the guns come from,” he said. “It’s a societal problem in Chicago. … I don’t know what in the world Indiana could have to do with their inability to deal with their criminal activity.”