Spoons is deliberately spreading misinformation that "gun free" Chicago is the murder capital of the United States. While it was a good race and technically Chicago did have a higher number of actual murders, when adjusted per capita they lag way behind "gun free" Washington D.C..

I cannot really blame Spoons for spinning the numbers in trying to claim the Murder Capital crown. His state pride is probably getting in the way of his judgement. His background in law also probably kicks in when he's trying to twist an argument in his favor. However, as any statistician knows you cannot look at numbers without looking at how they relate to the whole. DC may have less overall murders, but since it is much smaller than Chicago the per capita murder rate is the highest of any city with more than 500,000 people.

I guess that both "gun free" cities can technically claim the crown. I wonder if there is a better way to determine who really won this year's murder capital title. Perhaps a complex system of computer formulas and AP polling data. Okay -- well perhaps even that isn't fool proof.