Now, a joint investigation by atf and chicago police has resulted in an arsenal of lethal firepower taken off the streets Photos obtained by nbc5 investigates reveal a stunning array of long. This dataset reflects reported incidents of crime (with the exception of murders where data exists for each victim) that occurred in the city of chicago from 2001 to present, minus the most recent seven days. They found that of those convicted of illegal gun carrying in illinois, 74% were black men, and of those, 76% of offenses occurred in cook county and 33% in 11 chicago neighborhoods. In an unfortunate but persistent reality, certain retailers and jurisdictions disproportionately account for the guns trafficked into chicago that sustain its illegal gun market and associated violent crime. Firearms — and the devices that can make them more deadly — are now easily accessible to young people
A recent study by the council on criminal justice showed that between 2016 and 2022, the number of juvenile offenses that involved firearms rose by 21 percent. A review of annual crime reports published by the chicago police department from 1964 through 2022 shows that for nearly 60 years, most people arrested for violating illinois’ weapons laws in the city were black, even as their share of the city’s population rose and fell.
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