"The crucial variable is not the presence of firearms...

[the band leader]

13. a couple things about that

Of known 2011 homicide suspects in Milwaukee, 93 percent are black, while 4 percent are white and Latino

In the city of 597,867 people, there were 91 murders in 2012, with 80 percent of the victims being black and 75 percent of the known suspects also being black.

of the 96 total homicides committed this year, 78 of the total homicide victims were African American. Put another way, 81% of 2015 Milwaukee homicide victims were African American.

Wisconsin tops nation in black joblessness, study finds Wisconsin's black unemployment rate is twice the overall national unemployment rate at the peak of the recession — 9.9% in the fourth quarter of 2009. The issue is most acute in metro Milwaukee...

Heroin deaths in Milwaukee County jump by 72% Heroin-related deaths in Milwaukee County skyrocketed by 72% last year compared with 2013, according to data released Wednesday by the Milwaukee County medical examiner's office.

Urban terrorists:” Wild 100s gang blamed for “extraordinary amount” of crime in Milwaukee ...in perhaps the most high-profile recent case linked to this gang, 13-month-old Bill Thao lost his life on December 27th. The baby was playing in the living room of a home near 73rd and Mill when he was shot and killed. Accused heroin dealer Darmequaye Cohill is charged — accused of shooting into the wrong home, killing the child


Shall we ignore these statistical realities and continue to pretend that guns are responsible for the crime problem?