"1 Out Of 22 Gun Homicides In The US Happen In The City Of Chicago"

From statistician David Burge: [1]

1 out of 115 people in the US live in the city of Chicago. 1 out of 22 gun homicides in the US happen in the city of Chicago.

— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) January 10, 2013 [2]

Here are some more facts about Chicago:

The State of Illinois has abolished [3]the death penalty.
Chicago has particularly repressive [4] gun control laws.
The racial make-up [5] of Chicago is 32% black, 45% white, 31% non Hispanic white. 28% Hispanic of any race, 5% Asian, and 3% from two or more races.Over 21 percent of the population is foreign-born. [6]
Chicago [7]is Barack Obama's home town. [8]

Links:
[1] http://www.vdare.com/posts/charles-murray-on-iowahawka-hell-of-an-applied-statistician
[2] https://twitter.com/iowahawkblog/status/289204362461462528
[3] http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/illinois-16th-state-abolish-death-penalty/story?id=13095912
[4] http://www.thetruthaboutguns.com/2012/07/daniel-zimmerman/quote-of-the-day-the-chicago-way-edition/
[5] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_Chicago
[6] http://www.vdare.com/articles/the-fulford-file-by-james-fulford-106
[7] http://www.vdare.com/articles/aurora-s-dark-knight-mare-just-another-weekend-in-chicago
[8] http://www.vdare.com/search/node/Chicago Obama