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From: rs55611@ihuxk.UUCP (Robert E. Schleicher)
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Subject: Re: handgun "control"
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Date: Fri, 11-Jan-85 14:00:07 EST
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Jeff Shallit writes about the decline in handgun-related deaths after
passage of a handgun control law in Chicago in 1982.  I don't know what
that law provided for, but it is interesting to look at an alarming
figure dealing with gang violence in Chicago.

In 1984, there were over 300 gang-related killings, many, if not most committ-
ed with handguns.  This represents a huge increase over 1983, and is an all-
time "high" figure.  What is even more amazing is that this figure
represents over one third of all gang-related killings in the entire country.

Despite Chicago's laws, there are a lot of kids with guns, who are showing
no compunction about using them on other gang members, and complete
strangers.

Bob Schleicher
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