re: Every 2 hrs, somebody is shot in Chicago. Every 11 hrs, somebody is murdered

When involved in black markets, there is no means of dispute resolution as there is in legal business - should your dope man renege on a verbal contract, the only means of redress is violence, as you can't call Johnny Law and tell them that you got screwed over or robbed in a drug deal.

I'm almost certain that 70%+ of these shootings are related to drug trade. The only way to combat this is to go super authoritarian, or to legalize the markets and let capitalism do its wonderful, wonderful thing.