Posted on 05/15/2023 2:30:54 PM PDT by Olog-hai
People growing up in the city of Chicago have about a one in fifteen chance of being shot by the time they turn 40, results of a new survey suggest.
Last weekend, at least 26 people in Chicago were shot, eight fatally, including three who were wounded while standing on a sidewalk and caught in the crossfire between two vehicles. That’s up from the 20 citizens who were shot, and the four killed by gunfire, the previous weekend.
A new study finds that 6.46% (1 in 15) of Chicagoans had been shot by their 40th birthday. What’s more, half (50.0%) had witnessed a shooting by that age.
According to the results of the study of more than twenty-four hundred Chicagoans, published last Tuesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), blacks and hispanics are much more likely than are whites to be shot by the time they turn 40. […]
“Most reports of being shot for female respondents occurred during their midteenaged years, whereas males reported being shot throughout their teenaged years and their 20s and 30s,” the study notes. …
(Excerpt) Read more at mrctv.org ...
If you want the stories on actual crime in Chicago, go to CWB Chicago (link below). Most news reporting glosses over the crime and seldom reports how bad it truly is in that city. CWB reports a lot of instances of crime you never hear about.
For instance, how would you like this crew as neighbors?
https://cwbchicago.com/2023/05/chicago-police-warning-armed-robberies-humboldt-park-hermosa-video.html
“Armed men committed 10 robberies in 30 minutes on Sunday morning, Chicago police say (video)”
What are the odds of a Chicago resident being the shooter?
And every one of them deserves the pain for their continued stupidity which shows when democrats keep getting elected. No sympathy.
Shot? 1 in 15
Victim of violence has got ti be 1 in 2.
Almost all of it is happening in Southside Chicago or West Chicago. If you live in the northern part, you wouldn’t be seeing much of it.
Brandon is right. White supremacy IS America’s leading terrorist threat.
Why do you say that?
have you seen the new spring fashion kevlar?
its fabulous
It’s all those Scrabble names. The Sturgeon General has determined that it improves your child’s chances of not dying a violent death before age 30 by 87% if you don’t name them from a handful of Scrabble tiles tossed onto the kitchen floor.
When the Hispanic immigrants get going, 1/15 is going to change dramatically.
For a 9-year old boy, there are a number of things you can do that are gender affirming:
1.) Sports, such as the males sports of football, ice hockey and baseball.
2.) Hunting.
3.) Fishing.
4.) Camping.
5.) Shooting.
6.) Yard work.
7.) Begin learning mechanics, woodworking and carpentry.
8.) Smoking cigars and drinking scotch (oops, that’s for me).
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