Qasim Rashid, Esq.Aug 11, 2023

BREAKING: Illinois Supreme Court finds the IL assault weapons ban constitutional.

It’s no accident that Blue states have a 40% LOWER murder rate than do Red states. Gun safety laws work in reducing gun violence.

A win for freedom & justice today.✊🏽

Well done to IL Democrats and Governor Pritzker for keeping us safe and upholding justice.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/illinois-supreme-court-finds-assault-weapons-ban-constitutional/story?id=102198069

Illinois Supreme Court finds assault weapons ban constitutional

The ban was passed after the Highland Park mass shooting.

ABC News
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@QasimRashid Except that gun ownership per capita maps and homicide per capita maps don’t really correlate all that well. New Hampshire, for instance, has lax gun control laws, high per capita gun ownership but an exceedingly low homicide rate. What _does_ correlate strongly with homicide rate is poverty rate.
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I asked ChatGPT what other outcomes have a positive correlation with gun ownership and it offered:

1. Homicide Rates
2. Suicide Rates:
3. Domestic Violence Deaths:
4. Accidental Shootings: particularly among children.
5. Police Shootings:
6. Mass Shootings:.
7. Strain on Mental Health Services: increased demands on mental health services
8. Escalation of Conflicts: more lethal outcomes.

Aug 12, 2023 at 2:12amWeb