claim: even though chicago has "the most stringent gun laws on the books," it still "has the highest murder rate" in the country.
author: ron johnson
evidence_1: oct 17, 2017 ... chicago is often cited as evidence that tough gun laws don't work, but ... country  are in the city of chicago and yet they have the worst gun violence. ... of the  toughest gun laws in the country, according to scalise, but still ... new orleans  had the highest rate of homicides in 2016, with 47 per 100,000 people.
evidence_2: oct 5, 2017 ... in 2016, homicides in chicago sharply rose, mostly as a result of gun ... chicago  itself has some tough laws — there is an assault-weapons ban in cook county,  for example. but it's not true that chicago has the strictest gun laws in the country.  at one ... "some cities go even beyond that," shearer added.
evidence_3: oct 3, 2017 ... domestic violence homicide rate drops with stricter gun law, study finds ...  chicago does not have the strictest gun laws in the country. ... we were the only  major city that still had an ordinance banning residents from keeping a handgun  in ... new york, in fact, has stricter gun laws on the books than chicago.
evidence_4: feb 17, 2018 ... connecticut, which passed a strict gun law after the 2012 shooting at sandy  hook elementary ... the sale of assault weapons, prohibiting the sale of  magazines with more than 10 rounds and ... cities like chicago and baltimore,  with rigorous gun laws, also have two of the highest murder rates in the country.
evidence_5: mar 14, 2018 ... there is no clear relationship between strict gun control legislation and homicide  ... most gun-related crimes are carried out with illegally owned firearms—as ...  and illinois, experience some of the nation's highest homicide rates. ... and  violent crime rates dropped 18 percent, even though the percentage of ...