Chicago Today: A Case Study

Chicago is a great city with even greater problems. With crime such as shootings, and homicides, at an all time high right now there is no doubt the city is falling apart. According to the Chicago Tribune, from January 1st, 2015 to December 6, 2015 the yearly total of shooting victims were 2,777 people. Not only does this number show how many people have died or been injured due to homicides or shootings, but it also gives everyone a view on the state of Chicago today. Our city is being greatly affected by perpetrators and their unfathomable acts but I believe there needs to be a change here in Chicago, and everywhere else where this is a problem. Solving this issue is important to me because I have been living in Chicago for almost nine years now and I want to leave it better than I found it. I want people to look at our …show more content…
One way I look at this situation is that guns aren't the problems but the criminals behind them are, meaning that there just doesn't need to be a gun control law to solve this issue, but a greater penalty for the criminals. Something needs to be done to reduce the easy access to guns so that felons don’t use them. I know that violence is linked with gangs, and bad influence so some ways I could change this issue is by not partaking in any of these actions, keeping up with what is going on around me, and informing others in my community about the problems our city is facing. By doing this, the ask for change isn’t only being shown by me, but by everyone else. All in all, it has become hard to ignore the problems Chicago is facing and we can’t remain silent no more. Many lives are being lost, and our city is starting to become divided. But these problems can’t go on any longer which is why there needs to be a change, a change in action and with people. When people change their community will also, bringing change for a better Chicago and a better