"In wake of Texas shooting, Greg Abbott points finger at Chicago, using tired GOP cliche" - USA Today
After the elementary school shooting in Uvalde, Texas that left more than 20 dead, Gov. Greg Abbott pointed to gun violence in cities like Chicago as proof that stricter laws do not stop violence. - Mediaite
Don't be gaslighted. Check the facts for yourself. This map was designed with ArcGIS Online using FBI crime data to analyze the real number of crimes in 100 major cities. Violent crimes? Property crimes? Rape incidents? Arson? How do these cities rank on crimes?
Check the crime rate where you live
How shooting statistics are misused
Cities have different populations. It's important to compare shooting rates between different cities in terms of 'per capita'. That means shootings are measured per 100,000 people. This makes sure that you're comparing apples to apples. Politicians deceive the public by using just the number of shootings without comparing them on a per capita basis. This map shows all crimes on a 'per capita' basis.
There are different types of crimes - violent, property, arson, burglary, manslaughter, rapes... It's important to be clear about what types of crimes are being compared.
Red States Have Higher Gun Death Rates Than Blue States
A new study published in Journal of the American Medical Association’s Surgery found that firearm deaths are more likely in small rural towns than in major urban cities, adding to research that contradicts common belief that Democratic blue areas have higher incidences of gun-related deaths than do Republican red districts.
A Third Way report found that between 2000 and 2020, Trump-voting states had 12% higher murder rates than did Biden-voting cities. Data shows that in 2020, eight of the ten states with the highest murder rates voted for the Republican presidential nominee in every election in this century. - Forbes
TakeAway: Get the facts about gun violence and crime rates, and hold those blocking gun safety reforms accountable.
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