jimpeel, it is not that simple. Here is an article about the Holiday weekend toll:
http://www.suntimes.com/21197483-761...bloodshed.html
A fair-use quote from the article:
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The carnage was tightly concentrated. Forty percent of the incidents occurred in and around two West Side neighborhoods — Austin and Garfield Park — roughly an 8.5-square-mile patch of a 228-square-mile city.
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The vast majority of people in the affected neighborhoods are decent, civilized, hard-working people - but they are also not as likely as more well-to-do people in "nicer" neighborhoods to have the resources - time, money, inclination, and cultural background - to obtain a concealed carry license, weapon, training, and so forth.
The impact of the new law, in the neighborhoods most affected by this kind of violence, remains to be seen.
I'm afraid I've stated this in a clumsy manner that could be construed as insulting. That is not my intent. The city is quite inhomogeneous and the effect of legal concealed carry on crime in specific areas is not predictable.
Regards,
Andrew