DC crime data is available here. For a discussion of what Chicago's Mayor Daley predicted would happen see here. My own argument for what has happened focuses most heavily on the Supreme Court striking down DC's gunlock law.
UPDATE: For a discussion on what happened to murder in Chicago after its ban ended see here.
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