In his Thursday response to Jerry Callahan concerning right-to-carry laws, Michael Parker presented a comparison of Atlanta and Chicago while decrying the availability of guns. I would like to counter his argument with a comparison, albeit brief, of Chicago and Houston. As of 2012, Chicago, with its strict gun control laws, witnessed 10.08 violent crimes per 1,000 residents, and 41.84 property crimes per 1,000 residents.