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From: josh@topaz.ARPA (J Storrs Hall)
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Subject: Re: rebuttal to Hall and Stewart re:  Gun Control
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Date: Sat, 9-Mar-85 07:24:05 EST
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> Shallit
> 
> Both J. Storrs Hall and Mr. Stewart have attempted to use the above
> argument, claiming that this is an argument "for gun control" since
> Chicago has a restrictive handgun law.
> 
> This, of course, is nonsense, since the law that both Hall and Stewart
> refer to (which put a "freeze" on the ability to register firearms
> in the city) was passed in *1982*.  It seems unlikely this could
> have had much effect on a study done in *1975*.
> 
> Jeffrey Shallit

Correct me if I'm wrong but I believe that Chicago has a long history
of repressive gun laws--indeed, it has had to create special separate
courts to handle gun-law violations.

--JoSH