[DaveA37]

Maybe its time to give everyone in Chicago a gun and let them sort it out. A city with the toughest gun laws in the nation and it still does not work. Perhaps its time to go back to the drawing board.

With the current administration there, Chicago will soon look like Detroit and they won’t understand why.

[TangoLimaSierra]

With the current administration there, Chicago will soon look like Detroit and they won’t understand why.

With the exception that Detroit has learned their lessons about gun control.

[Sooth2222]

With the current administration there, Chicago will soon look like Detroit and they won’t understand why.

Depends on your definition of the word "soon". Parts of Chicago are as safe as any city, anywhere, other parts are more dangerous than Zimbabwe. As long as Chicago has "cash cows" including O'Hare and the business district, I don't think it will become Detroit. (Or not exactly Detroit.)

"As part of David Bernstein and Noah Isackson’s excellent piece on politicians and gangs in Chicago, we included a map of Chicago gang territory based on CPD information. Out of curiosity, I plotted 2011’s homicides (through 12/11) and overlaid them on the gang-territory map. It’s approximate, but it’s a useful rough sketch of the overlap."