Chicago, Obama's home town, probably wonders why he didn't go there instead of Oregon to talk about the problem of gun violence. Mike at Homicide Watch Chicago (Suntimes) notes: "More children have been victims of gun violence in the city of Chicago in the past 2 years, than all of U.S " mass school shootings " in the last decade. "
I didn't check his stats--he was commenting on the death of a 15 year old this week, but nationally the rate of firearm homicide in 2010 for blacks was 14.6 per 100,000, compared to 1.9 for whites. Washington Post said it was twice as high in one article, another 4x and another 6x. Dept. of Justice figures says 6.3x. (NCJ 243035)
http://touch.latimes.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-84653981/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gun_laws_in_Illinois
Chicago has no gun stores. Chicago's police department seizes more illegal weapons than any other in the nation — nearly 20 a day for a total of 5,500 so far this year. Black Illinois law makers have blocked stiffer penalties for illegal gun possession saying it would lock up more black men. Duh!
http://my.chicagotribune.com/#section/-1/article/p2p-84647473/
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