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Baton Rouge Police are investigating a shooting that left a teenager
dead Wednesday night. It was the city’s 7th homicide in the past 7 days.
The victim of this incident was Cameron Phillips, 16, of Baton
Rouge. The shooting took place at 2100 Vickers Drive near Belaire High
School around 10:00 last night. That location is less than half a mile
from another homicide that occurred about 14 hours prior on N. Sherwood Forest.
Investigators currently have no suspects and no motive for either of the shootings.
This murder makes the 35th homicide in Baton Rouge for 2013. See the full list here.
As opposed to Chicago, which is improving, Baton Rouge is getting worse. The reason for both is the gun laws or the lack thereof.
What's your opinion? Please leave a comment.
Mikeb, if two different methods achieve the same result, there's no significant difference between the two methods in practical terms. Illinois has strict gun control, and Chicago's is draconian. But people still kill each other there. Louisiana has good gun laws, and people still kill each other in that state. Two approaches, one result. You need to look for something else as the cause and the solution.
ReplyDeleteAs opposed to Chicago, which is improving, Baton Rouge is getting worse. The reason for both is the gun laws or the lack thereof.
ReplyDeleteYou're making less sense than usual, Mikeb--a pretty impressive accomplishment, come to think of it.
How do gun laws explain these divergent trends? Have Chicago's gun laws been becoming even more draconian in recent years? Have Baton Rouge's/Louisiana's been becoming significantly less so?
I have to ask. If gun laws are the reason for these two cities, what is the reason for the whole country? And have you looked at Baton Rouge trends to conclude they are "getting worse"? And what gun control laws have they relaxed in 2013 that makes it worse? What has Chicago passed that makes them better? All I know recently is that they were forced to give up their handgun ban, onerous storage laws, and allow mobile ranges.
ReplyDeleteMike,
ReplyDeleteChicago effectively banned the possession of handguns in 1982 and was in force from then until 2010 when the law was overturned by the US Supreme Court. If you refer to the very nice chart you supplied in this article,
http://mikeb302000.blogspot.com/2013/06/more-truth-about-chicago-violence.html
You would see that 10 years after the ban, homicides in the city spiked at over 900. This would suggest that the problem in Chicago is something not affected by gun laws. As has been said before, the city is attributing the drop in homicides this year to a new strategy that is targeting gang violence.