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Originally Posted by Jeff Higgins

Chicago will continue to fail until they work up the courage to address the root causes of their problems with violence. A very, very small percentage of their population is responsible for the vast majority of their violent crime. Unfortunately, any serious discussion of the population responsible will quickly see one labelled as a "racist" for even bringing it up. It's far, far easier - and politically correct in today's environment - to blame responsible gun owners (or their guns) for the violence we see in Chicago. Nothing could be further from the truth, of course, but looking at the real issues at play - primarily black on black violence among a very small percentage of the population - is politically off limits. Until we can, however, cities like Chicago are doomed to suffer.

Of course, getting very cynical for a moment, maybe this is exactly what "big brother" needs - disposable inner city blacks killing one another to drive the numbers up, and using those numbers as justification to restrict firearms ownership among the rest of society, among the population that has no such problem with gun violence. Why else would their predominantly Democratic, liberal leaders not address the true root causes of this violence, but rather use it as a political tool, as leverage, against the larger population? They sure don't seem to be very interested in helping these folks, but their unbridled zeal in restricting the rights of others cannot be overlooked.

Some interesting reading:

Chicago Gun Violence: Big Numbers, But a Surprisingly Small Network | Chicago magazine | Politics & City Life April 2014

The truth. Thank you.