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The myths and truths about Chicago's guns and murder rate

By Sharon Cohen – The Associated Press

https://www.nwherald.com/2018/12/10/the-myths-and-truths-about-chicagos-guns-and-murder-rate/armjdvv/

IS CHICAGO THE NATION'S MURDER CAPITAL?

No. This is a common misperception based partly on the national attention Chicago has attracted in recent years. The Pew Research Center reported in November that when adjusting for population, Chicago has recorded fewer murders per capita than many other smaller U.S. cities. Chicago ranked 14th among cities with at least 100,000 people in 2017. FBI statistics released this fall found St. Louis had the highest murder rate in 2017 — 66.1 homicides per 100,000 people

DOES CHICAGO HAVE THE TOUGHEST GUN LAWS IN THE NATION?

No. Trump and his administration have wrongly made this assertion . Chicago passed a ban on handgun ownership in 1982. Those who'd already purchased and registered their handguns were allowed to keep them. In 2010, the ban was struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court, and in 2013, Illinois became the last state in the nation to approve concealed carry.

HOW LARGE IS CHICAGO'S ILLEGAL GUN MARKET?

From 2013 to 2016, almost 7,000 illegal guns were recovered each year in Chicago, according to the city's Gun Trace Report . In 2017, the total was 7,932, according to the Chicago police. As of Dec. 6, the total for 2018 was 8,309, and police say that could surpass 10,000 by year's end.

WHAT ARE THE SOURCES OF ILLEGAL CHICAGO GUNS?

According to the Trace Report, about 40 percent of illegally used or possessed firearms recovered in Chicago from 2013 to 2016 came from dealers in Illinois. The remaining 60 percent came from states with less regulation over firearms. Indiana accounted for about 1 in 5 of these weapons, followed by Mississippi and Wisconsin.

HOW IS CHICAGO ADDRESSING GUN VIOLENCE?

With a combination of technology and extra resources. In July 2017, the U.S Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives formed the Chicago Crime Gun Strike Force. It consists of ATF agents, Chicago police officers and members of the Illinois State Police and the Illinois Department of Corrections. An additional 20 ATF agents were dispatched last year to Chicago, and ATF firearm arrests citywide have increased by nearly 25 percent since then.

Gun seizures have jumped by almost 46 percent, according to the bureau. Five new federal prosecutors were recently assigned to a gun crimes team. In fiscal year 2018, 197 people were charged with federal gun offenses — the highest annual count in more than a decade, the U.S. attorney's office in Chicago reported.

[zsq987]

Jizz-Wanker2.....

Why do you keep trying to shove ChitCago down our throats?

It's a crowded, dirty, disgusting, dangerous, expensive place with rude and pushy and ugly and smelly people!!

We AVOID ChitCago as much as possible!!!

In Winter, it's unbearably cold and windy and dangerous!!!

In Summer, it's unbearably hot and humid and dangerous!!!!

The traffic is horrible and the drivers are rude and dangerous!!

Everything is outrageously expensive!!!!

The whole place is overrun with Dems and Libs and other types that I'd rather not be around!!!!

There is NOT ONE thing about ChitCago that Normal People would like/enjoy!!!!

[Jw2]

Chicago is a great American city. 

A world-class city.

[zsq987]

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Disgusting heap of trash!!!

Ghetto from end-to-end!!

Murder/Violence HQ of America!!!!

Can't think of any place WORSE!!!!!

[Jw2]

Chicago is a much larger city than Baltimore, Philadelphia or St. Louis.

New York has much stricter gun laws.  You must support more restrictive gun legislation.

[WWV10MHZ]

I would support things that would not restrict/punish Law-Abiding Gun Owners.

I would support more severe punishment for anyone using a gun in an illegal manner.

I would support random searches in known violent areas to discover people carrying guns illegally.

[Dan]

Anchorage is one of the best cities to live in America.

[11191]

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AH CHICAGO WHERE NO KIND WORDS ARE SPOKEN BUT MF NI66ER AND GUNFIRE CAN BE HEARD LIKE MUSIC FROM A RADIO STATION.
AH CHICAGO WHERE A LEISURELY STROLL GETS YOU MUGGED, RAPED, SHOT, OR ALL OF THE PRIOR LISTED.
AH CHICAGO WHERE DEMOCRATS RULE AND RIGHTS ARE FORGOTTEN WELFARE AND FREE HOUSING KEEPS THEM NI66ERS VOTING DEMOCRAT FOREVER MORE.
AH CHICAGO WHERE THE SWEET SMELL OF SOUR GARAGE BLOWS IN THE FOREVER BLOWING WIND.
AH CHICAGO YOU CAN SHOVE IT WHERE THE SUN DON'T SHINE UNTIL YOU CHOKE ON THE HELL HOLE.