Gov. Pritzker and the teachers’ union mayor of Chicago are outraged at the idea of deploying armed troops to stop crime.

Let’s check in with Chicago.

So far, 172 people were shot in Chicago in August, 41 were shot this week and 1,277 were shot this year so far.

According to the media, this is fine.

A person is shot every 4 hours in Chicago. (HeyJackass)

Chicago’s ABC7 tracks daily shootings the way it does the weather. Here’s a typical Chicago weekend shooting headline.

Chicago shootings: At least 34 shot, 5 fatally, in weekend gun violence across city, police say – ABC7

Why would you think Chicago needs help?

We’ve liberated countries with fewer problems and less corrupt governments than Chicago.