Connecting the Dots in Chicago: Most 2015 shootings in Black Neighborhoods
Chicago has some of the most restrictive gun ownership laws in the United States. So where do most of the shootings in Chicago occur? In black neighborhoods.
The Chicago Tribune released a graphic of shooting victims to date in 2015. In 2015 to date there have been 2,901 shootings. In 2014 there was a total of 2,587. Shootings are up by 314 and the year is not over.
The map below left shows where people were shot in Chicago, broken down by community area. Darker shades of blue indicate a greater numbers of victims in those community areas. The map on the right is of the African American population in Chicago according to the 2011 census.
Do you see the correlation?
Blacks in black neighborhoods are most likely to be involved in a shooting. Perhaps it is time to arm the law abiding black citizens of Chicago? Perhaps the Black Lives Matter people in the featured image need to talk to blacks in Chicago?
Guns don’t shoot people, people shoot people. In Chicago it is black people shooting black people.
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