ABC 7 studied figures from the Chicago Police Department and found “the number of shooting victims in the past 12 months stands at 2,225.”
Breitbart News reported at least 55 people were shot in Chicago over the Fourth of July weekend, and six of those shooting victims succumbed to their wounds.
During a discussion on Our Chicago, One Aim Illinois director Yolanda Androzzo said, “We need more investments in community violence intervention programming.”
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Androzzo added, “We need more investments in healing the trauma of our communities, mostly Black and Brown communities, who have experienced gun violence.”
Institute for Nonviolence Chicago CEO Terry Gross said, “We are part of public safety. So, when everyone talks about funding for the police, we also fund the other part of it. That is sacrosanct. It has to happen and continue. We will change this city. I know that.”
The Chicago Sun-Times noted that 211 people have been murdered in Chicago year-to-date.
AWR Hawkins is an award-winning Second Amendment columnist for Breitbart News and the writer/curator of Down Range with AWR Hawkins, a weekly newsletter focused on all things Second Amendment, also for Breitbart News. He is the political analyst for Armed American Radio, a member of Gun Owners of America, and the director of global marketing for Lone Star Hunts. He was a Visiting Fellow at the Russell Kirk Center for Cultural Renewal in 2010 and has a Ph.D. in Military History. Follow him on Instagram: @awr_hawkins. You can sign up to get Down Range at breitbart.com/downrange. Reach him directly at [email protected].
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