Also, while Chicago has the highest numbers they don't have the highest per capita murder rate. They don't even make the top 10.
If sending in the army is the answer then it should be done in St Louis, Detroit, New Orleans, Chester PA and College Park, GA, all of which have higher per capita gun murder rates.
Yes, but...Chicago...Obama!!!!
That's what it really is. Before Obama was president, there were no weekly tallys of Chicago gun violence on Fox News. But since it's his hometown, people who already hate him anyway have what they perceive to be a new high horse to sit on.
Well Obama's "hometown" and his buddy is the mayor so that could be reason the press is on this issue in addition when you are the murder capital of the US, it tends to lend to people wanting to know why. 2 year olds getting killed by random gun violence as they just sit on a porch should be alarming to everyone. Every single US citizen should want Chicago and its city leaders to try and clean up this shit storm that is going on here. Innocent American citizens are getting killed at almost 2 a day, that should never happen and if the mayor nor the governor are concerned or if POTUS, the past year can take time out of his day to mention a harvard professor getting allegedly profiled he can possibly do something towards Chicago in his last 15 days in office but probably not
