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<blockquote data-quote="728ups" data-source="post: 1343959" data-attributes="member: 33372">No, what is strange is comparing Apples and Oranges and trying to act like you have valid point.The population of Chicago is 2,695,5989 (<a href="http://suburbanstats.org/population/illinois/how-many-people-live-in-chicago" target="_blank">http://suburbanstats.org/population/illinois/how-many-people-live-in-chicago</a>) and the population of the entire state of Vermont is 625,741 (<a href="http://suburbanstats.org/population/how-many-people-live-in-vermont" target="_blank">http://suburbanstats.org/population/how-many-people-live-in-vermont</a>)&nbsp;Based on populations ,as well as size Vermont is 9,614 sq m compared to Chicago being 234 sq miles&nbsp; it&#039;s not strange at all that Chicago should have much more gun crime.and yes, Gun Laws are very strict in Chicago as the right loves to point out. What isnt pointed out is that many many of the guns in Chicago are brought&nbsp; into the city from states with low to no gun laws such as Georgia(surpirse surprise)<a href="http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/mayor/Press%20Room/Press%20Releases/2014/May/05.27.14TracingGuns.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/mayor/Press Room/Press Releases/2014/May/05.27.14TracingGuns.pdf</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="728ups, post: 1343959, member: 33372"] No, what is strange is comparing Apples and Oranges and trying to act like you have valid point. The population of Chicago is 2,695,5989 ([url]http://suburbanstats.org/population/illinois/how-many-people-live-in-chicago[/url]) and the population of the entire state of Vermont is 625,741 ([url]http://suburbanstats.org/population/how-many-people-live-in-vermont[/url]) Based on populations ,as well as size Vermont is 9,614 sq m compared to Chicago being 234 sq miles it's not strange at all that Chicago should have much more gun crime. and yes, Gun Laws are very strict in Chicago as the right loves to point out. What isnt pointed out is that many many of the guns in Chicago are brought into the city from states with low to no gun laws such as Georgia(surpirse surprise) [url]http://www.cityofchicago.org/content/dam/city/depts/mayor/Press%20Room/Press%20Releases/2014/May/05.27.14TracingGuns.pdf[/url] [/QUOTE]

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