Monday, April 22, 2013

Cold weather is the cause!

Just in. This email from a friend in Arizona. Now we know the true cause of Chicago's high gun-violence rate!

Tale of Two Cities
 
 
Chicago, IL
Houston, TX
Population
2.7 million
2.15 million
Median HH Income
$38,600
$37,000
% African-American
38.9%
24%
% Hispanic
29.9%
44%
% Asian
5.5%
6%
% Non-Hispanic White
38.7%
26%
 
Pretty similar until you compare the following:
 
 
Chicago, IL
Houston, TX
Concealed Carry gun law
no
yes
# of Gun Stores
0
84 - Dedicated gun stores plus 1500 - legal places to buy guns- Walmart, K-mart, sporting goods, etc.
Homicides, 2012
806
207
Homicides per 100K
28.4
9.6
Avg. January high temperature – (F)
31°
63°
 
Conclusion:  Cold weather causes murder.

4 comments:

Unknown said...

HArd to make a clearer case than this Gus.

Haiduk said...

How does the fact that the chart accounts for 113% of the Chicago population factor into this?

Gus said...

Good catch, MjH. The information might have been taken from voting records in Chicago...

Dave Labuz said...

Hey MjH -

Once corrected?

Makes Chicago look all the worse!

*GRIN*