Rahm is a genius, how does he come up with this stuff?
Via Guns
Speaking of what he terms the city’s, “model gun control legislation,” Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is scrambling to defend a rising murder rate less than a week away from a crucial election.
The move comes just a day after the Chicago Police Department released its first quarter crime data that, although notes a slight overall decrease in crime rates, also highlight the fact that the number of shootings has risen some 40 percent over the same period last year.
Overall, Chicago authorities recorded 18 more homicides and 102 more shootings in the first three months of 2015 when compared to the first quarter of last year. Averaged out over the period, there was a shooting in the city roughly every five hours.
The Mayor, speaking Wednesday, said he was proud of the overall decrease in crime and cited that illegal gun seizures in city are also up. However when the number shootings comes into play, Emanuel explained that while the city has very strict gun control policies, the rest of the state needs to follow its lead to prevent illegal firearms from finding their way to Chicago’s streets.
“That means, while we have model gun control legislation here — at gun stores, it’s now filmed. There are further background checks,” Emanuel said to the Sun Times. “[But] to get the gains we need, you need to change the gun laws. Which means Springfield has to step up.”[…]
The police department, weighing in on crime numbers, promised more interaction between law enforcement and residents, but added weight to Emanuel’s call for even more gun laws.
“We will continue building on our community policing philosophy, putting more officers in high crime areas, intervening in gang conflicts, and fostering stronger relationships with the communities we serve,” Chicago Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said. “Yet even with the strongest partnerships and best policing in the world without better state and federal laws to help keep illegal guns off the streets we will continue to face an uphill battle.”