As far as Chicago’s tough gun laws… this is from 2004 yet nothing has changed…

“Chicago finished off the year with more murders than New York or Los Angeles,” said SAF Founder Alan Gottlieb. “During the past 12 months, 599 people were murdered in Chicago, three more than in New York, where 596 people were slain, and about 100 more than in Los Angeles. From the science blog..

“Isn’t it remarkable,” he observed, “that Chicago, New York and Los Angeles have some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, yet they still typically lead the nation in the number of homicides?”

And on the Federal level…

“rare win for gun control advocates”