tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post6380952459781318730..comments2024-03-23T12:05:13.464-07:00Comments on Ideas: Chicago, Guns, and Pretending not to Have LostDavid Friedmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06543763515095867595noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-57809787785722807972010-07-07T01:29:18.987-07:002010-07-07T01:29:18.987-07:00Thanks, Donna. I was hoping for such a reaction.
...Thanks, Donna. I was hoping for such a reaction.<br /><br />I've often seen comments just far enough over the top that I couldn't tell if they were parody or self-parody. I thought I would try my hand at creating one.David Tomlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-54756075876819018932010-07-06T09:31:34.544-07:002010-07-06T09:31:34.544-07:00How many of those 45 gun stores within 15 miles of...How many of those 45 gun stores within 15 miles of the city are in Indiana (which, for those not local to the area, runs right smack up against the Chicago city limits along the southern shore of Lake Michigan)? Is she aware that any gun store outside Illinois is prohibited by _federal_ law from selling any firearm to a resident of Illinois? This law, unlike the Chicago ban, is entirely unaffected by McDonald.<br /><br />Hammond, IN is in a different state than Chicago, IL to exactly the same extent that Windsor, ON is in another country than Detroit, MI. For all purposes except legal technicalities and taxes, it isn't. For those two purposes, it totally is.<br /><br />If there are really 45 gun stores within 15 miles of the city of Chicago and on the Illinois side of the state line (ie, stores where a Chicago resident might now actually buy a gun legally), it's definitely news to me.lelnethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08600824544185328505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-65262588175662701902010-07-03T22:29:42.749-07:002010-07-03T22:29:42.749-07:00David Tomlin - your comment IS tongue-in-cheek, is...David Tomlin - your comment IS tongue-in-cheek, isn't it?Donna B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16771075314473811594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-62609825993683687422010-07-01T00:37:52.291-07:002010-07-01T00:37:52.291-07:00No explanation of what prevents criminals, like ot...<i>No explanation of what prevents criminals, like other people, from obtaining their firearms from suburban gun shops.</i><br /><br />Three things.<br /><br />1. Poverty. Poverty is the primary, if not the only, cause of crime. It can be assumed that virtually all criminals are poor, and cannot afford to shop in the suburbs.<br /><br />2. Lack of public transportation, magnifying the effect of point 1.<br /><br />3. Racism. Most suburban gun shops are owned by white suburbanites, all of whom live in utter terror of black men with guns, as carefully documented by Michael Moore in his film <i>Bowling For Columbine</i>. They would never sell a gun to a black man, no matter how great the value of the foregone business. (Racism is the second most important cause of crime, if there is one.)David Tomlinnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-59331023277517599942010-06-29T17:18:16.068-07:002010-06-29T17:18:16.068-07:00I think this sums up economics well.
http://timha...I think this sums up economics well.<br /><br />http://timharford.com/2010/06/which-economics-articles-should-i-read/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+TimHarford+%28Tim+Harford%29Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19727420.post-48846090432363280282010-06-29T15:00:51.423-07:002010-06-29T15:00:51.423-07:00The attorney for Chicago describes a tactic to vio...The attorney for Chicago describes a tactic to violate the spirit of the law in order to continue to restrict gun ownership in city limits, much like Washington D.C.<br /><br />The Harvard economist is doing something else:<br /><br />http://press.princeton.edu/titles/7929.htmlBobWnoreply@blogger.com