When it comes to carry, even in Chicago, not sure how solid you're standing either.
First, carry in Chicago is very new. Not just since the MacDonald decision but the city drug that out subsequently as much as possible and continue to do so. You don't pass carry and the next month crime rates go down even in gun friendly states, it takes time for any deterrent effect to take place. To be harsh it takes some bad guys having guns pointed back at them for a while.
Second, Chicago's version of concealed carry and even home defense with guns is severely constrained. Even to have a gun in your house requires all kinds of hoops and license fees. Steps which btw discriminate against the poor of the city. $100 per year per gun plus getting the permit.
It also restricts carry so you can't carry on public transportation, again making it very hard for the urban poor to carry at all, which is the whole point. So if you take the subway or a bus you basically can't carry.
I didn't even get into the whole FOID card thing, how Chicago banned gun stores altogether till 2014 (when forced to allow them), and they still limit purchases to one handgun per 30 days with all kinds of hassles.
So it's not really certain if carry and home defense in Chicago would help or not b/c it is a very limited version of it and it's only been in place for 2 years and that's not counting all the delays the city threw up and still throws up to the whole concept.
I do agree carry is only one small part of the issue in Chicago. The police are part of it, but most of it is a culture of victim society and socialism that has created a permanent underclass that believes they are there b/c of the actions of others and not themselves and are thus justified in resorting to crime etc. against those outside that class or whatever else they want to do. They have no hope, no sense of self and no pride in concepts like hard work, all brought on by decades of leftist nonsense that has produced wonderful ironies like having the highest paid teachers in the country along with the worst schools.
Corruption, graft, and vote buying handouts destroying the human soul are the source of the broader problems in Chicago. I really like the city, but the problems it faces are due directly to decades of bad government and the handout train that has come with it. Warehousing in projects, destruction of the small business economic base, etc. have led to the gangs and drugs from a lack of hope, opportunity and even desire to improve, and that drives the crime.
I like the city, but it is proof of the failure of the left wing's strategy for economics, race relations and crime. Drag those fat corrupt Aldermen out of their cushy offices, stop regulating everything to death, support businesses instead of burdening them, stand up to the gangs, get people where they can fight back, and things will improve.
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