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15-6208
| 1 | | | Committee Minutes | COMMITTEE MINUTES
Approval of the minutes from the meeting of 10-7-2015 | approve | Pass |
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15-5847
| 1 | | APPOINTING A COOK COUNTY GUN VIOLENCE COORDINATOR AND ESTABLISHING A COOK COUNTY GUN VIOLENCE TASK FORCE | Ordinance | PROPOSED ORDINANCE
APPOINTING A COOK COUNTY GUN VIOLENCE COORDINATOR AND ESTABLISHING A COOK COUNTY GUN VIOLENCE TASK FORCE
WHEREAS, the year 2015 has seen dramatically escalating levels of gun violence in Cook County, especially in the County seat of Chicago; and
WHEREAS, in that time, more than 2,300 people in Cook County have been victims of shootings; and
WHEREAS, in 2015, year to date, according to the most recent data made available by the Cook County Medical Examiner, there were 527 gun deaths in Cook County; and
WHEREAS, the University of Chicago Crime Lab estimated that gun violence in the City of Chicago costs the taxpayers $2.5 billion each year; and
WHEREAS, the economic burden of that $2.5 billion cost of gun violence translates to $2,500 per household; and
WHEREAS, a joint report by Ted Miller of the Pacific Institute for Research and Evaluation and Mother Jones Magazine contains findings that gun violence across the country costs the United States $229 billion each year; and
WHEREAS, that same joint report contains findings that gun violen | recommend for approval as substituted | Pass |
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