Mapping Chicago’s gun murders – interactive

Thousands of people have been murdered by guns in Chicago since 2007 – but is there any relationship between the location of gun shops outside the city and the murders just over the city limits? This map shows every gun-related homicide and licensed weapons dealers.

Where’s the data from? Gunshot homicides from RedeyeChicago, Firearms licensed dealers from the ATF under a FOIA request

Download the full dataset behind this map as a Fusion table

Includes all homicides recorded on the database from 2007 to 10 February 2013
Simon Rogers
http://www.guardian.co.uk/news/datablog/interactive/2013/feb/12/chicago-gun-homicides-map-firearm-dealers

President Obama skeet shooting at Camp David  last August 2012.

President Obama skeet shooting at Camp David last August 2012.


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