Yeah, it's pretty obvious the underlying issue for violent crime in general is poverty. The ball has been the court of the Democrats in Chicago for decades now and they've really done fuck all to make things better. But we're going to blame guns, regardless of where they come from for the issue.
You really want to know why the Dems haven't done shit about it? Because they still subscribe to trickle down economics that Reagen subscribed to. Only instead of favoring big business they keep the money, contracts, jobs and pensions among the government only letting in the few that play their little games and grease the right palms. Their answer always being to the outsiders... Raise taxes to pay for this... And that... and that money that supposed to be invested into schools, roads, etc just disappears into thin air.
Yeah, how progressive of them