Chicago gun control laws were ruled unconstitutional, so there is no longer strict gun control there: https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2017/oct/03/sarah-huck...

That's not true, and it's not even what the article claims. It says it's not the strictest in the country, which is true. From the article:

> Seven states receive higher grades than Illinois in the latest Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence ratings.

So it's the 8th strictest out of 50, by their standards.

The crime problem precedes this change by years and years.

> a city with strict gun control.

... in the middle of larger area with very lax gun control.

Yet other cities have tons of guns, no gun control, and don’t have the same levels of crime. It’s almost like the issue is social and economic in nature...

and Chicago violence is down year over year.

Don't know where you get your stats from but that's not true based on a quick Google search.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/chicago.suntimes.com/platform/a...

For a real perspective on the violent hoods, CharlieBo313 visits them all and does interviews. Guns are pointed at him in many of them.

Here's his latest Chicago video: https://youtu.be/UOeEykKtobs

> and Chicago violence is down year over year.

It is?

"Chicago saw 1,916 shootings through the first six months of the year, according to city records, an increase of almost 12 percent compared with 2020 and an increase of 55 percent over 2019."

https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/7/2/22560417/4-kille...