"If Democrats stop shooting people, gun violence would decrease by 90%". This is why Democrats don't count Chicago, and it's also why after every mass shooting Democrats run to the microphone to blame the NRA. They have to in order to change the narrative, because they themselves instinctively feel the shooter will end up being an unhappy Democrat. The fact that the left can come to grips about the gun violence in Chicago, and this includes those NFL players who take a knee protesting police violence, tells us gun control with the left isn't about guns or lives,  it's about politics.