123 shot dead in Chicago over summer - more than in Iraq

JohnKelly · September 4th, 2008, 09:19 PM

So how's that gun ban working for ya Mayor Daley?

Source: cbs2chicago.com - Nearly 125 Shot Dead In Chicago Over Summer

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CHICAGO (CBS) ― An estimated 123 people were shot and killed over the summer. That's nearly double the number of soldiers killed in Iraq over the same time period.

In May, cbs2chicago.com began tracking city shootings and posting them on Google maps. Information compiled from our reporters, wire service reports and the Chicago Police Major Incidents log indicated that 123 people were shot and killed throughout the city between the start of Memorial Day weekend on May 26, and the end of Labor Day on Sept. 1.

According to the Defense Department, 65 soldiers were killed in combat in Iraq. About the same number were killed in Afghanistan over that same period.

In the same time period, an estimated 245 people were shot and wounded in the city.

The South Side's Englewood District, which includes the Englewood and West Englewood neighborhoods on the city's South Side, fared the worst over the summer. A total of 14 people were shot dead there, and 48 were shot and wounded.

The next highest totals came in the Grand Crossing District, which includes the South Shore, Woodlawn, Park Manor and Grand Crossing neighborhoods on the South Side, 12 people were killed and 31 were injured.

Also hit severely by gun violence over the summer was the Ogden District – which includes the Near Southwest Side's Lawndale and Little Village neighborhoods – where 10 people were killed and six were injured.

The South Chicago District on the Southeast Side saw nine people killed and 11 injured, almost all concentrated in the South Chicago and Avalon Park neighborhoods at the north end of the district.

The West Side's Austin District saw also saw nine people killed and 12 injured, while the Far South Side's Calumet District – including the Roseland, Fernwood and Pullman neighborhoods – saw eight killed and 20 injured.

P7fanatic · September 4th, 2008, 09:29 PM

How the heck can this happen in Chicago if there's a gun ban?
I'm so confused..........

wpk · September 4th, 2008, 09:34 PM

Safer to hang out with the insurgents than with the boys in Chicago, eh?

Thanis · September 4th, 2008, 09:35 PM

What the report fails to tell you is firearms were not used. Mostly drive by bow & arrows.

gimpy · September 4th, 2008, 09:55 PM

Maybe we should withdraw our people from Chicago. It is obviously too dangerous to risk the lives of any more Americans.

retsupt99 · September 4th, 2008, 10:06 PM

Isn't one of the candidates from that area?

Could be a model for the entire nation if the correct gun control measures were put into place...

dukalmighty · September 5th, 2008, 01:26 AM

Kinda impressive but how many strapped on a vest and blew themselves up

Colin · September 5th, 2008, 03:13 AM

Anyone looked at the gun homicide rates for the areas with strict gun control and removed them from the national figure? Might make for interesting numbers, if I recall the US in 2005 was somewhere around 16,000 homicides.

Stetson · September 6th, 2008, 01:45 AM

Only the bad guys have guns ! Guess what, they improvises they use knives,broken glass ,whatever tool will kill or maim in the heat of the moment!

morintp · September 6th, 2008, 02:41 PM

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Originally Posted by wpk

Safer to hang out with the insurgents than with the boys in Chicago, eh?

Actually, I think it's saying it's safer to hang out with the soldiers. I'll bet the insurgent casualties were a lot higher than the 65 soldiers that were killed.

That might actually a good recruiting slogan in Chicago.

"Join the Marines, it's safer than staying home."

September 4th, 2008, 09:29 PM	#2
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September 4th, 2008, 09:55 PM	#5
gimpy Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Florida Posts: 895	Maybe we should withdraw our people from Chicago. It is obviously too dangerous to risk the lives of any more Americans. __________________ "Society never advances. It recedes as fast on one side as it gains on the other. Its progress is only apparent, like the workers of a treadmill. It undergoes continual change; but this change is not [an improvement]. For everything that is given, something is taken." Ralph Waldo Emerson

September 4th, 2008, 10:06 PM	#6
retsupt99 VIP Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Central Florida Posts: 14,603	Isn't one of the candidates from that area? Could be a model for the entire nation if the correct gun control measures were put into place... __________________ "That I cannot do." "Give this to, uh, Clemenza. I want reliable people, people who aren't going to be carried away. After all we're not murderers in spite of what this undertaker thinks." *********************************** NRA Life Member

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dukalmighty VIP Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: texas Posts: 3,425	Kinda impressive but how many strapped on a vest and blew themselves up __________________ I like Poetry,Long Walks On The Beach,And Poking Dead Things With A Stick

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September 4th, 2008, 09:34 PM	#3
wpk Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Ohio Posts: 173	Safer to hang out with the insurgents than with the boys in Chicago, eh?

September 4th, 2008, 09:35 PM	#4
Thanis Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: MI Posts: 517	What the report fails to tell you is firearms were not used. Mostly drive by bow & arrows.

September 5th, 2008, 03:13 AM	#8
Colin Distinguished Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Vancouver Posts: 1,360	Anyone looked at the gun homicide rates for the areas with strict gun control and removed them from the national figure? Might make for interesting numbers, if I recall the US in 2005 was somewhere around 16,000 homicides.

September 6th, 2008, 01:45 AM	#9
Stetson Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Augusta,Maine Posts: 857	Only the bad guys have guns ! Guess what, they improvises they use knives,broken glass ,whatever tool will kill or maim in the heat of the moment!