Chicago Gun Violence
Chicago Gun Violence
Chicago is always in the news nationwide and some people might wonder why. Chicago is well known for its crime. The city has been struggling with this problem for a while. The biggest problem that plagues Chicago is its gang and gun violence because too many people are dying due to it. Chicago has alarmingly high statistics when it comes to gun violence in comparison to other major cities. Although the crime rate is slowly dropping, too many teenagers and young children end up being victims of fatal shootings. Chicago has earned a lot of negative attention in recent years earning the infamous nickname “Chiraq” due to the high rate of gun violence. In 2014, thus far it has been 1,775 reported shootings in Chicago in which 252 were fatal. That is extremely high given the fact that the year isn’t over. Today is September 8th; which also means this is the 251st day in the year. That means someone, on average, was shot and killed every day of the year in Chicago. Those statistics do not even include non-gun related homicides. If I was to include those extra 48 homicides, the average deaths per day would be 1.2. If homicides were to continue at that rate, it could possibly be 436 murders by the end of the year. These numbers are very disturbing and hopefully something is done about that. When you observe Chicago in comparison to other cities, Chicago has always been in the top 5 for murders. One thing that has changed about that is in recent years it has been number one in murders which is another obstacle that holds Chicago back. In 2013, Chicago led the way with murders with 412 homicides. New York was in second with 333, it is eye catching that the jump between 2nd place and 1st place was almost 100 homicides. Los Angeles was not too far behind in 4th place with 255 homicides. Chicago in comparison to these other cities is a war zone. 2012 was even worse with 503 murders that year and this was the same year Chicago was given the title
Chicago is always in the news nationwide and some people might wonder why. Chicago is well known for its crime. The city has been struggling with this problem for a while. The biggest problem that plagues Chicago is its gang and gun violence because too many people are dying due to it. Chicago has alarmingly high statistics when it comes to gun violence in comparison to other major cities. Although the crime rate is slowly dropping, too many teenagers and young children end up being victims of fatal shootings. Chicago has earned a lot of negative attention in recent years earning the infamous nickname “Chiraq” due to the high rate of gun violence. In 2014, thus far it has been 1,775 reported shootings in Chicago in which 252 were fatal. That is extremely high given the fact that the year isn’t over. Today is September 8th; which also means this is the 251st day in the year. That means someone, on average, was shot and killed every day of the year in Chicago. Those statistics do not even include non-gun related homicides. If I was to include those extra 48 homicides, the average deaths per day would be 1.2. If homicides were to continue at that rate, it could possibly be 436 murders by the end of the year. These numbers are very disturbing and hopefully something is done about that. When you observe Chicago in comparison to other cities, Chicago has always been in the top 5 for murders. One thing that has changed about that is in recent years it has been number one in murders which is another obstacle that holds Chicago back. In 2013, Chicago led the way with murders with 412 homicides. New York was in second with 333, it is eye catching that the jump between 2nd place and 1st place was almost 100 homicides. Los Angeles was not too far behind in 4th place with 255 homicides. Chicago in comparison to these other cities is a war zone. 2012 was even worse with 503 murders that year and this was the same year Chicago was given the title