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The Tragedy Of Gun Violence

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Guarino, Mark. “ Chicago gun violence: The numbers shock, but the reason are familiar.” Christian Science Monitor, 07 July 2014: WebThere was an explosive amount of violence over the Fourth of July weekend. The heat wave of violence is consider being cause by inadequate policing, lax of gun laws, school closing and lack of economic opportunity. Most of the fatalities were teenagers, young adult men, 14 people were killed, and 68 wounded. Mayor Rahm Emanuel, Chicago Police Superintend Garry McCarty, Tracy Siska, executive director of the Chicago Justice Project, and the police spoke man; all have different opinions on what cause the spike of gun violence over the holiday weekend.
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