The pro-gun lobby is fond of citing Chicago as a city with tough gun laws that, nevertheless, is awash in gun-related deaths. The message; tough gun control laws are ineffective. As the NYTimes reports (5/11/2018, A17) the Justice Department is using Chicago as a model in an effort to cut gun crime. A goal of that effort is to stem trafficking in firearms from other states, such as Arkansas, into Illinois. What this demonstrates is that tough gun laws in one city cannot be effective if many other cities in the country have lax rules and, thus, serve as open markets for weapons that are then funneled nation-wide into places with strict control.
The solution is obvious. Gun-related crimes can be reduced only if there is put in place a national policy that restricts the easy availability of guns everywhere in the nation.
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