With a few days left in the month, Chicago finds itself on the cusp of its deadliest January in more than a decade.
Police say the homicide rate is a reflection of the city's gang problem and a proliferation of guns, said AP. For years the city has tried to cut off the flow of guns, and even has what city officials have called the strictest handgun ordinance in the U.S. But police officials say more needs to be done and that penalties for violating gun laws should be stiffer.