micdotcom:99 people were shot in the last 7 days in ChicagoViolence in Chicago has climbed to strato
micdotcom:99 people were shot in the last 7 days in ChicagoViolence in Chicago has climbed to stratospheric levels not seen since the 1990’s, with the city seeing 99 gunshot victims in the past week alone. Of those victims, 24 died of their injuries. Monday alone saw nine fatalities, marking a particularly bloody day for the city and its deadliest 24-hour period in 13 years.Chicago police have ascribed the upward trend in shootings to a combination of lax gun laws and feuding gang factions. However, according to a January report from Al Jazeera America, the onus for those lax gun laws might not be entirely on Chicago. -- source link