and yet, they don't seem to be awash in murder like Chiraq
Posted on 02/10/2017 10:42:02 AM PST by rellimpank
Editor’s note: This is the third in an occasional series of opinion essays, produced in cooperation with the University of Chicago Crime Lab, exploring solutions to the scourge of gun violence in Chicago. The Crime Lab released a report this month about the historic surge in
There is much to learn from the Crime Lab’s report. For example, many people likely do not know that almost 20 percent of Chicago’s homicide victims are children and teens; that almost half of gun violence victims are not affiliated with a gang; and just 6 percent of shootings last year resulted in arrest.
(Excerpt) Read more at chicago.suntimes.com ...
Yeah, and I call BS. This twit is making up stats.
“How Chicago can keep guns off the streets”
A secure holster.
and yet, they don't seem to be awash in murder like Chiraq
Better idea. Sell ammo in chicago cheap. Course the powder load is triple charged. A few hands of shooters will be blown off but?
Project Eldest Son comes to mind...
“Easy access to guns is a root cause of gun violence.”
Uh, yeah. Right. Most of our nation has FAR easier access to guns than the killer thugs in Chicago, and yet only Chicago and a very small number of other Democrat owned and operated inner city hellholes have problems with such “gun” violence.
I’m thinking that the “gun” violence in Chicago actually has very little to do with “easy” access to guns, but everything to do with a culture that glorifies thugs and violence and vilifies and hamstrings law enforcement.
Now it’s an issue? How many deaths are required to count - 500, 1000, Etc.
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