Chicago Criminal Lawyer predicts the city's last days with a gun prohibition

This Chicago Criminal lawyer has posted here and here about recent litigation and court rulings over 2nd Amendment rights. One can never tell, but oral arguments suggested that The Supreme Court would over turn the city’s prohibition just as it overturned D.C.’s handgun band. Some media are already answering the questions concerning the eventual legality of guns in Chicago.

From Time Out Chicago:

THE CRIME RATE COULD ACTUALLY GO DOWN

It’s a controversial theory, but several studies have suggested that not only do gun bans fail to lower crime rates, but violent crime actually increases in cities with gun bans. Carl Moody, an economics professor at the College of William & Mary in Virginia, submitted to the Supreme Court a comparison of Chicago’s violent-crime rate with that of the U.S.’s other 24 largest cities. It shows that, since 1983, the first full year of the city’s ban, Chicago’s violent-crime rate has been, on average, 20 percent higher than that of the other cities. (In D.C., the murder rate rose during the handgun ban, and following the repeal in 2009, the rate dropped 20 percent.)

GETTING A GLOCK ISN’T GOING TO BE EASY-PEASY

Handguns may soon become legal here, but Mayor Daley likely won’t make acquiring one a cinch. In March, Daley pleaded with the Supreme Court to uphold the ban for fear of Wild West–style shoot-outs, and just last week he began a push for new statewide gun-control laws.

I suspect the Supreme Court will overturn the city’s prohibition but I would welcome background checks, wait periods, and fire arm testing/licensing in its wake.