Persuasive Analysis Summary #1

“Chicago misfires on banning solution to gun homicide,” is an article written by Steve Chapman. He discusses the Chicago blunder in banning guns to help alleviate the homicide rate.

The writer evaluates past murder rates without the ban of guns. According to the records, only one murder involving assault weapons has occurred as of March 31. He continues on to declare that in past years, Chicago has put a ban on the manufacture and sale of guns, yet the murder rated dropped in 1991, 3 years before the law was enacted. Some of the murder rates fell shortly after the gun ban bill was enacted; however, this proves no direct correlation between the two issues. According to Gary Kleck, most criminals’ work with stolen guns so the band typically doesn’t affect them.

Chapman believes that by enacting a gun ban criminals are permitted to carry on like common citizens, while people “who rarely misuse their guns were deprived of options. Furthermore, the supply of guns will never cease because there are over 200 million private guns, guns have an extremely extensive life, and it does not take that a great deal of effort to provide criminals with guns. Chapman ultimately believes that gun control has never worked in the past, so more gun control would be just as ineffective.