Of the 362 people murdered by gunfire in Chicago in 2011, exactly ONE was killed with a rifle. ◼ City of Chicago: 2011 Murder Analysis Report
In Chicago in 2011, over 80% of victims were outdoors, about 13% of victims were in residences.
In Chicago, Murder is very sexist, over 90% of victims are male, over last decade, males never go below 82% of victims.
In Chicago, murderers are very racist, 75% of victims are black, 19% hispanic. 5% white.
In Chicago. offender racial/ethnic breakdown is very racist, 70.5% black, 24.3% hispanic. Whites are at 3.5%.
In Chicago, 87+% of murder offenders have a prior arrest record with CPD, 77% of victims ALSO have CPD arrest records!
In Chicago, 87+% of murder offenders have a prior arrest record with CPD, 77% of victims ALSO have CPD arrest records!
THAT'S the problem. NOT the guns.
Chicago - 15% increase in homicides from 2011 to 2012 - about 20% rise in # of victims in their 20s.
Ban Parents: Nationwide: Of all children under age 5 murdered from 1980 through 2008: 63% killed by a parent. NOT a stranger. ◼ Homicide Trends in the United States, 1980-2008
Annual Rates for 2009 and 2010 - DOJ
So who kills little kids? 63% were killed by a parent—33% killed by their fathers, 30% were killed by their mothers.
Nationwide: 62.1% of drug-related homicides involve black victims, 36.9% of drug-related homicide victims were white.
Pg. 13 is so racist, surprised they printed it! From 1980-2008 84% of white victims killed by whites, 93% of black victims killed by blacks.
Who kills men? More than half (56.4%) of male murder victims were killed by an acquaintance; another quarter were murdered by a stranger.
DOJ stats show 30 yrs of many more guns, yet Police Officers are safer than ever From 1980-2010, officers killed in LineOfDuty drop by 46%.
So what's killing police officers? Pg 32, figure 35 Mostly guys w/prior records. Guys who could not get guns anyway.
99% v 1% - Victims of homicides with 3 or more victims make up under 1% of all homicide victims.
if we call a mass shooting one with 2 dead, even then... it's under 5% of all victims.
Of all homicides,1980-2008, 15% involve killing of a single victim by multiple offenders. Wanna defend yourself? Expect multiple bad guys.
Ban cities: Majority of all drug-related (67.4%) & gang-related (69.6%) killings took place in large cities See pg 30.
Most frequent circumstances cited for justifiable homicides: Disruption of crime in progress (55%) or when citizen was attacked (41%) in '08.
These're DOJs own stats, yet you have Barack Obama, Joe Biden and Eric Holder sitting there as they go after your right to bear arms.
In incidents involving police, 2/3 involve police officers & felons of same race. But Sharpton/Jackson/Farakhan won't talk about that.
Justifiable homicide is (again!) racist, as shown by pg 33, incidents involving citizens, 3/4 involve citizens & felons of same race.
So yes, the going for guns stuff is pure theatrics. Actually, it's worse than theatrics; it's very bad and harmful theatrics. Shame!
Worse - it is about power. This is not about safety, not by any stretch of imagination.