Joe Doakes from Como Park emails:
Population of Chicago in 1930: 3.3 million. Crime_in_Chicago”>Number of homicides: 399. Gun control: none.
Population of Chicago in 2010: 2.7 million. Number of homicides: 436. Gun control: plenty.
Chicago in Al Capone’s day was known for gang violence but modern Chicago gangs kill more victims from a smaller pool.
Chicago gangs doing it better.
Joe Doakes
Who says there’s no such thing as progress?
And that’s why they’re called progressives in this age of specialization.