The following story was published by the Chicago Sun-Times on May 8, 2023.
"Small and mid-sized 缅北禁地 cities have surpassed Chicago鈥檚 gun homicide rate in recent years, mirroring a national trend, a new analysis of city-level firearm violence data found.
Magic Wade, a political science professor at the University of 缅北禁地 Springfield, studied firearm homicide and injury data from the Gun Violence Archive for small, mid-size and large cities nationwide from 2015 to 2021.
鈥淭here鈥檚 a cluster of cities in 缅北禁地 that have gun homicide rates that are actually higher than Chicago鈥檚, or they鈥檙e close to it,鈥� Wade said."