A University of Chicago Crime Lab study has found (surprise!) that criminals don’t get their guns from gun shops, gun shows or the Internet.
Cough. I told you so!
And we’re listening for the Illinois Council Against Handgun Violence to cover the results of this study.
Can you hear them?
A new study conducted by the University of Chicago Crime Lab, inmates in the Cook County jail said they get they guns on the streets from “personal connections” rather that outlets like guns shows and the Internet.
The study focused on “inmates who were facing gun charges or whose criminal background involved gun crimes.”
According to the Chicago-Tribune, Crime lab co-director Harold Pollack said the study shows that “some of the pathways [regarding guns] people are concerned about don’t seem so dominant.” He said very few inmates indicated using gun shows or the internet. Rather, they get the guns in undetectable ways on the street. He said the inmates know they run the risk of being caught by police but “were less concerned about getting caught by the cops than being put in the position of not having a gun to defend themselves and then getting shot.”
And WHY aren’t criminals concerned about getting caught by cops in Illinois?
Because Cook County State’s Attorney oftentimes won’t prosecute perfectly good cases, and even if she does, the gun-toting criminals will be out in days or weeks, not decades like in Florida. Ditto for much of the rest of the state. Even if they are sentenced, prison time in Illinois is like dog years in reverse.
This is why Florida has the lowest rate of firearm violent crime in history – and Chicago has uncontrolled violent crime.
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