Chicago Crime Continues to Spiral Out of Control

By John Boch. October 9th, 2016

When Donald Trump mentioned that violence in Chicago is out of control, that upset a lot of folks, especially on the left. The inconvenient truth, though, is that he's right. Homicides in Chicago are on a record pace. Crime in general has skyrocketed as well.

The graphic at the top of this page represents homicides in Chicago versus military casualties among those fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan. With homicides since September 6th, Chicago is just shy of 8,000 total dead in that time span. It'll likely happen by the end of this coming weekend.

It's also interesting to see how few cases the Cook County State's Attorney prosecutes through to a conviction. And even where there is a conviction, meaningful prison sentences are nearly non-existent. ......

The main point to be made here is that the vast percentage of shootings and homicides is gang related, but,the anti-gun crowd as ever will ignore that and lump in these figures to the totals and then use that to gain leverage to their call for bans. It might also be added that guns used will for the most part not have been legally obtained, but will still be 'blamed' for 'gun violence' - further leverage for the disarmament crowd. The status quo continues.

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