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hack89

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13. For second year in a row, double-digit decreases in gun violence in Chicago

Reply to fescuerescue (Reply #11)

Wed Jul 31, 2019, 01:43 PM

Jul 2019

For the second year in a row, the number of homicides and shootings in Chicago dropped by double-digit percentages in 2018, though some neighborhoods on the West and South sides continue to bear the brunt of gun violence as they have for decades.

Homicides dropped by 15 percent, shootings by 18 percent, according to data kept by the Tribune. That continues a trend from 2016, when violence reached levels not seen since the 1990s.

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-chicago-crime-stats-end-of-year-20181228-story.html

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So awful democrank Jul 2019 #1

I've read there a lot of shootings in Chicago. Bonx Jul 2019 #2

And this is why I hate guns and gun owners. Initech Jul 2019 #3

What about the actual perpetrators of this crime? n/t Odoreida Jul 2019 #4

I don't know. Initech Jul 2019 #6

The problem in Chicago is violent criminals with illegal guns hack89 Jul 2019 #5

And how many of those guns were stolen? Initech Jul 2019 #7

Six percent according to the DOJ hack89 Jul 2019 #8

Because only violent criminals with illegal guns contribute the problem as a whole. LanternWaste Jul 2019 #10

The demographics of gun violence are well known hack89 Jul 2019 #12

Guns from Indiana are flooding South Chi, Illinois should sue Indiana for this shit uponit7771 Jul 2019 #9

40% from Illinois, 20% from Indiana hack89 Jul 2019 #14

Chicago was doing much much better when it banned handguns fescuerescue Jul 2019 #11

For second year in a row, double-digit decreases in gun violence in Chicago hack89 Jul 2019 #13