DNAinfo reports research the blogger has compiled on shootings and gun deaths in Chicago over the past 5.5 years. Hat tip to
Lucianne.com for the link. The research shows:
Since New Year's Day 2010, there have been more than 12,000 shootings in Chicago. More than 14,000 people were hit in those shootings, including more than 2,000 who died.
That makes Chicago roughly as dangerous as Baghdad or Kabul. He continues:
For the decade so far, shootings peaked in 2012 when 2,499 shootings resulted in 2,990 people being wounded.
The next year saw a nearly 25 percent drop in shootings. The 1,920 shootings in 2013 were the lowest this decade.
Through the first six months of this year, shootings are up 20 percent compared to last year.
Imagine living in a place where the 2013 shootings numbered "only" 1,920 - and was "the lowest this decade." A scary neighborhood.
