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http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2017/01/robert-farago/chicago-killers-arrest-records-revealed/
Rather enlightening look at the backgrounds of those comprising the high rate of murders in that city, especially from a gun control standpoint. The study link is currently down, so I linked the TTAG article that mentioned it. As always, I'm most interested to see whether 'homicide' includes suicide. For once, this is one gun violence study that would be correct to include lawful homicide in the data, since it is informative to know the rate of criminal history of those felled lawfully.
"Around 80 percent of Chicago’s homicide victims in 2015 and 2016 had at least one prior arrest, almost 40 percent had a prior violent crime arrest, and almost 30 percent had a prior gun arrest."
"The average person arrested for a homicide or shooting in both years had nearly 12 prior arrests, with almost 45 percent having had more than 10 prior arrests, and almost 20 percent having had more than 20 prior arrests."
The long and the short of it is that multiple/violent prior offenses and gang affiliation are far, far, far more obvious indicators of a propensity to being involved in homicide (perpetrator or victim) than prior gun crime. This suggests either the gun crime figures are artificially lowered (unlikely, as they track arrests, not convictions, here, so DA reindeer games don't factor in) or gun incidents are *not* the primary factor leading these people to a life of ruin. Rather, crime of other sorts precedes at least a quarter of those picked up for violent crimes who then go on to be killed, despite firearms still being easily accessible (if illegal). And despite these painfully obvious figures, Chicago maintains a notorious revolving door criminal justice system (nearly 1 in 5 homicide victims have been arrested over 20 times, for crying out loud), and does little to deny resources to organized crime.
The result is a bloodless execution ground for disposing of hardened criminals extradjudicially (the death rate is nowhere near that high in prison), with enormous collateral damage reaped by the community. All the while, this sordid cauldron is held out by leaders as justification for diverting huge sums of federal and state tax revenues into assistance programs administered by local officials, as well as ultimately fueling the organized crime driving the violence & going unpunished. A truly symbiotic relationship for the laundering of tax money to drug cartels.
Federal aid (money in) -> local charity/government distribution programs -> black market economy (money out) -> violent crime rate -> federal aid (repeat ad infinitum)
TCB
Rather enlightening look at the backgrounds of those comprising the high rate of murders in that city, especially from a gun control standpoint. The study link is currently down, so I linked the TTAG article that mentioned it. As always, I'm most interested to see whether 'homicide' includes suicide. For once, this is one gun violence study that would be correct to include lawful homicide in the data, since it is informative to know the rate of criminal history of those felled lawfully.
"Around 80 percent of Chicago’s homicide victims in 2015 and 2016 had at least one prior arrest, almost 40 percent had a prior violent crime arrest, and almost 30 percent had a prior gun arrest."
"The average person arrested for a homicide or shooting in both years had nearly 12 prior arrests, with almost 45 percent having had more than 10 prior arrests, and almost 20 percent having had more than 20 prior arrests."
The long and the short of it is that multiple/violent prior offenses and gang affiliation are far, far, far more obvious indicators of a propensity to being involved in homicide (perpetrator or victim) than prior gun crime. This suggests either the gun crime figures are artificially lowered (unlikely, as they track arrests, not convictions, here, so DA reindeer games don't factor in) or gun incidents are *not* the primary factor leading these people to a life of ruin. Rather, crime of other sorts precedes at least a quarter of those picked up for violent crimes who then go on to be killed, despite firearms still being easily accessible (if illegal). And despite these painfully obvious figures, Chicago maintains a notorious revolving door criminal justice system (nearly 1 in 5 homicide victims have been arrested over 20 times, for crying out loud), and does little to deny resources to organized crime.
The result is a bloodless execution ground for disposing of hardened criminals extradjudicially (the death rate is nowhere near that high in prison), with enormous collateral damage reaped by the community. All the while, this sordid cauldron is held out by leaders as justification for diverting huge sums of federal and state tax revenues into assistance programs administered by local officials, as well as ultimately fueling the organized crime driving the violence & going unpunished. A truly symbiotic relationship for the laundering of tax money to drug cartels.
Federal aid (money in) -> local charity/government distribution programs -> black market economy (money out) -> violent crime rate -> federal aid (repeat ad infinitum)
TCB