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Chicago gun violence now costing an estimated $2.5bn a year after over 500 murders in 2012
DailyMail ^ | May 24, 2013 | DAILY MAIL REPORTER

Posted on 07/12/2013 4:29:40 PM PDT by South40

• The Windy City is currently in the grip of a crime epidemic
• Already seen over 50 homicides and 170 shootings this year
• Cost of gun crime equates to $2,500 for every Chicago household

Gun violence in Chicago is costing the troubled city a staggering $2.5billion a year according to research by financial group Bloomberg.

The Windy City is in the grip of a crime epidemic having experienced over 50 homicides and 170 shootings already this year and 506 murders in 2012.

(Excerpt) Read more at dailymail.co.uk ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: guncontrol; secondamendment
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1 posted on 07/12/2013 4:29:40 PM PDT by South40
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Bu... bu... but.. aren’t guns against the law there?


2 posted on 07/12/2013 4:32:18 PM PDT by grobdriver
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To: South40

Bu... bu... but.. aren’t guns against the law there?


3 posted on 07/12/2013 4:33:01 PM PDT by grobdriver
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To: South40

This is impossible because Chicago has excellent Gun Control laws.


4 posted on 07/12/2013 4:36:03 PM PDT by Uncle Miltie (If youÂ’re happy and you know it clank your chains!)
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To: South40

The best year recorded for Chicago homicides is about 950 to 970 circa 1971.

Chicago has made some “progress”.


5 posted on 07/12/2013 4:36:37 PM PDT by Red Steel
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To: South40
My bank account savings is doing me no good at .10% interest.

I was wondering if I could go to Chicago, find me a mouthy black kid gangbanger and buy a million dollars insurance policy on him and do better.

3 or 4 and your chances of collecting would be exceptional.

Facetious: Yes a little, but it might work.

6 posted on 07/12/2013 4:37:12 PM PDT by Venturer
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The Windy City is in the grip of a crime epidemic having experienced over 50 homicides and 170 shootings already this year and 506 murders in 2012.

At that rate, Chicago will have to really step up the pace to match last year's figures. They should be at at least 250 by now...

7 posted on 07/12/2013 4:37:57 PM PDT by Yo-Yo
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To: Uncle Miltie

Chirac has excellent gun control laws, but the bullets seem to have minds of their own.


8 posted on 07/12/2013 4:39:20 PM PDT by max americana (fired liberals in our company after the election, & laughed while they cried (true story))
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9 posted on 07/12/2013 4:39:54 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who could have guessed that one day pro wrestling would be less fake than mainstream journalism?)
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To: Venturer

You’d have to adopt him first.


10 posted on 07/12/2013 4:41:03 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum (Who could have guessed that one day pro wrestling would be less fake than mainstream journalism?)
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To: grobdriver
50 homicides????????????
Only 50? This year is over half over and they only have 50?
Ain’t they even trying anymore?
11 posted on 07/12/2013 4:43:41 PM PDT by Tupelo (The Government lies, then the media lies to cover up the government lies.)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Count me out on that one.

Rather have a rabid pit bull in the house.


12 posted on 07/12/2013 4:45:15 PM PDT by Venturer
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13 posted on 07/12/2013 4:45:35 PM PDT by South40
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To: South40

Obamaville


14 posted on 07/12/2013 4:46:28 PM PDT by Doogle (USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: South40

Cut costs... use mass graves.


15 posted on 07/12/2013 4:48:04 PM PDT by Gator113
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To: Tupelo

I looked. It is way over 50 for 2013. The website even spreadsheets the Chicago homicides by year.

http://homicides.redeyechicago.com/


16 posted on 07/12/2013 4:51:35 PM PDT by Red Steel
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At that rate, Chicago will have to really step up the pace to match last year's figures. They should be at at least 250 by now...

This story is from May and the number has risen sharply.

NUMBER OF HOMICIDES IN CHICAGO AS OF July, 4 2013 - 209

NUMBER OF PEOPLE SHOT IN CHICAGO AS OF June 28, 2013 - 1,073

17 posted on 07/12/2013 4:51:58 PM PDT by South40
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Somehow Rahm Emanuel evades credit for this.


18 posted on 07/12/2013 5:00:18 PM PDT by Obama_Is_Sabotaging_America (If Americans were as concerned for their country as Egyptians are, Obama would be ousted!)
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Wait until Monday. The weather is beautiful here. It’s prime time for the ferals to thin their respective herds.


19 posted on 07/12/2013 5:00:28 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
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To: South40
Ahhhh... The Liberal bastion of Utopia, Chicago!

Toughest gun laws in the US. Gay Mayor Union run Democratically controlled
Illegal Alien safe harbor city
The dead are allowed to vote as often as they like
Highest Metro unemployment rate, 10.7%
Deadliest city, most homicides
Declared the most corrupt city in America

And on, and on, and on...

20 posted on 07/12/2013 5:02:49 PM PDT by Bellagio
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