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"The Trace" a gun control group, has put together this nifty map. When you zoom out it looks bad, because even a single incident shows up when you zoom out to near lunar orbit distances instead of disappearing as it should very early in the zoom as being insignificant. One dot in the middle of nowhere covers (visually) 20 square miles or more on the map at that zoomed out distance, and appears as strong as 30 or more shooting in one square mile zoomed in. The map of the US really lights up at that distance.In fact. And of course, it maps 5 years of activity.

 

But... Zoom in and the map tells a different story. Looking at Illinois you can see huge areas with no activity, or very little, vs. the concentrations around Chicago, Rockford, Waukegan, Aurora, etc. Even then it seems odd because Chicago looks almost all yellow or red while I know from other maps that there are large areas of Chicago without much homicide. In the Northshore where all the moms screech, virtually nothing. I wonder how a DUI deaths map would look in comparison? Or an opoid deaths map?

 

 

https://www.thetrace.org/features/gun-violence-interactive-shootings-map/

 

 

 

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Not surprising, they may have included defensive gun use cases. I zoomed into my area, fairly rural so limited data on the map, and found one incident where I know that it was a DGU. In fact the states attorney tried to prosecute and the defendant was found not guilty after pleading self defense. I wonder how many of their "gun violence" data points include defensive or other lawful use of a firearm incidents.

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"The Trace" a gun control group, has put together this nifty map. When you zoom out it looks bad, because even a single incident shows up when you zoom out to near lunar orbit distances instead of disappearing as it should very early in the zoom as being insignificant. One dot in the middle of nowhere covers (visually) 20 square miles or more on the map at that zoomed out distance, and appears as strong as 30 or more shooting in one square mile zoomed in. The map of the US really lights up at that distance.In fact. And of course, it maps 5 years of activity.

 

But... Zoom in and the map tells a different story. Looking at Illinois you can see huge areas with no activity, or very little, vs. the concentrations around Chicago, Rockford, Waukegan, Aurora, etc. Even then it seems odd because Chicago looks almost all yellow or red while I know from other maps that there are large areas of Chicago without much homicide. In the Northshore where all the moms screech, virtually nothing. I wonder how a DUI deaths map would look in comparison? Or an opoid deaths map?

 

 

https://www.thetrace.org/features/gun-violence-interactive-shootings-map/

 

 

 

 

Data is incomplete, at best. I know of more shootings in my neighborhood than are listed.

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Not surprising, they may have included defensive gun use cases. I zoomed into my area, fairly rural so limited data on the map, and found one incident where I know that it was a DGU. In fact the states attorney tried to prosecute and the defendant was found not guilty after pleading self defense. I wonder how many of their "gun violence" data points include defensive or other lawful use of a firearm incidents.

I saw the same thing I know for a fact that the shooting was a robbery gone bad in Carpentersville

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"The Trace" a gun control group, has put together this nifty map. When you zoom out it looks bad, because even a single incident shows up when you zoom out to near lunar orbit distances instead of disappearing as it should very early in the zoom as being insignificant. One dot in the middle of nowhere covers (visually) 20 square miles or more on the map at that zoomed out distance, and appears as strong as 30 or more shooting in one square mile zoomed in. The map of the US really lights up at that distance.In fact. And of course, it maps 5 years of activity.

 

But... Zoom in and the map tells a different story. Looking at Illinois you can see huge areas with no activity, or very little, vs. the concentrations around Chicago, Rockford, Waukegan, Aurora, etc. Even then it seems odd because Chicago looks almost all yellow or red while I know from other maps that there are large areas of Chicago without much homicide. In the Northshore where all the moms screech, virtually nothing. I wonder how a DUI deaths map would look in comparison? Or an opoid deaths map?

 

 

https://www.thetrace.org/features/gun-violence-interactive-shootings-map/

 

 

 

 

Data is incomplete, at best. I know of more shootings in my neighborhood than are listed.

 

I know of a murder 1 case pending from last year right now that is not listed on the map.

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Wow, that's insane.

 

Using their own created message to claim "a source" and then they used that "source" to file a formal complaint with the Feds. All the while, doing the exact thing (fundraising) that they're accusing the NRA of doing.

 

Nice job putting the puzzle pieces together on that one.

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