Bail is a stupid idea. You are innocent until proven guilty. Why lock people up for years when they've been accused because the courts are so backlogged, because they can't afford a bail?
Your hysterics aside, I live in Chicago, I've been downtown a bunch of times, and to hear you guys tell it, it's some dystopian nightmare. The reality is my wife and I had a very nice time, people were polite. The only thing I hate is the traffic because it's so congested, because all those other people didn't hear you when you told them it was a no-man's land.
You skipped over probation.. there are more criminals on probation than parole. The reality is, you'd have to lock up a lot of people to get anyone who you classify as a "Criminal" off the streets.
You know, instead of doing the sensible thing of just not letting them get guns and maybe try to correct the problems that drove them to crime to start with. You know, like the Europeans do!
It will come as a surprise to you but criminals in jail firearms for firearms offenses represent a minor percentage of the prison population. Yours is a failed tactic as a means to press the Dem / Socialist gun grabbing agenda.
Your claim to Chicago being a lovely place to wander around is fine as far as your unsupported opinions go. Crime statistics for that Dem / Socialist paradise tell a different story.
You skipped over people on probation as not being an impact on the prison population.