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Chicago has a firearm homicide rate of 29 per 100,000 (https://oneaimil.org/the-issue/impact-of-gun-violence/ https://oneaimil.org/the-issue/impact-of-gun-viole
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Chicago has a firearm homicide rate of 29 per 100,000 (https://oneaimil.org/the-issue/impact-of-gun-violence/ https://oneaimil.org/the-issue/impact-of-gun-violence/).
Illinois overall has a "firearm injury death rate" of 14.1 per 100,000 (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/states/illinois/il.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/states/illinois/il.htm).
Indiana overall has a firearm injury death rate of 17.3 per 100,000 (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/states/indiana/in.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/states/indiana/in.htm).
Mississippi (28.6), Louisiana, Wyoming, Missouri, Alabama and Alaska all have rates above 23 per 100,000 (https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/firearm.htm https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/pressroom/sosmap/firearm_mortality/...).
"Phillips County, Arkansas, with only 22,000 residents, had the nation’s highest homicide rate. Meanwhile, Cook County, Illinois (Chicago), which often captures the media’s attention around violence, had the 79th highest gun homicide rate." (https://publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-05/2020-gun-deaths-in-the-us-4-28-2022-b.pdf https://publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-05/202...)