"There is a growing body of research from around the country showing that, for example, cleaning up vacant lots or fixing up abandoned houses gets people out of their houses into the community and generates surprisingly large changes in local gun violence, by as much as 30 percent. Adding street lighting can also help. So can making it easier to zone and build new commercial establishments. None of that is cost-prohibitive."
Punishing criminals would help. Crime soars when there are no consequences for criminal behavior.
Ataraxis
7 months ago
Crime is caused by criminals, not by the poor.
Build more jails!
If you took the worst 10,000 criminals off the Chicago streets, crime would plummet.
Then to make things even better, jail the next worst 10,000 criminals.
And if that doesn’t do it, jail another 10,000 offenders.
Keep doing this, jailing 10,000 criminals at a time, until all women and children are safe in all neighborhoods 24/7.
This could have been done but they spent the billions needed to do it on more criminals, all the Third World illegals
Leaving Soon, just not soon enough
7 months ago
Guns are here to stay. 2nd amendment guarantees this, if was so the people could overthrow the tyranny of government (like Trump).
The Founders had just fought a revolution against British rule. They believed citizens should have the means to defend themselves if a government ever became oppressive.
The Founders believed that an armed citizenry served as a check on potential abuse of government power.
A largely unasked question is becoming glaring: Is Illinois doing all it should to use artificial intelligence to make government cost less and work better? So far, the evidence says no.
Punishing criminals would help. Crime soars when there are no consequences for criminal behavior.
Crime is caused by criminals, not by the poor.
Build more jails!
If you took the worst 10,000 criminals off the Chicago streets, crime would plummet.
Then to make things even better, jail the next worst 10,000 criminals.
And if that doesn’t do it, jail another 10,000 offenders.
Keep doing this, jailing 10,000 criminals at a time, until all women and children are safe in all neighborhoods 24/7.
This could have been done but they spent the billions needed to do it on more criminals, all the Third World illegals
Guns are here to stay. 2nd amendment guarantees this, if was so the people could overthrow the tyranny of government (like Trump).
The Founders had just fought a revolution against British rule. They believed citizens should have the means to defend themselves if a government ever became oppressive.
The Founders believed that an armed citizenry served as a check on potential abuse of government power.
Pritzger is the real tyrant, he trampled all over the second amendment with his unconstitutional gun and magazine bans.