Oak Park's crime rates fall after handgun ban is ended

This article is from the January 18th issue of the Wednesday Journal, the weekly newspaper for Oak Park and River Forest. Burglaries feel by 34 percent. Do you think that making it easier for people to own handguns in the home might have had some impact of this crime category? A brief history of Oak Park's gun ban is available here. On July 19, 2010, Oak Park amended its town ordinance "to allow registered owners to use handguns for protection in their homes."

Thanks very much to George Sandersfl for sending me this copy of the newspaper article.