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Chicago girl who attended Obama inauguration events is shot dead
The Washington Post ^ | January 30, 2013 | Philip Rucker

Posted on 01/30/2013 4:31:59 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet

A 15-year-old Chicago girl who reportedly performed with her school’s marching band at several events for President Obama’s inauguration last week was shot and killed on Tuesday afternoon, police said.

The girl, whom local reports identified as Hadiya Pendleton, died when a gunman opened fire on her and about a dozen other teenagers while they were hanging out at a park in Chicago, according to Chicago Police officer Jose Estrada.

For Obama, the shooting hits home at a time when he is pushing Congress to enact stricter gun laws that he says would curb not only mass shootings but also everyday gun violence in cities such as his home town of Chicago. This year so far, there have been more than 118 shooting incidents in Chicago, according to the city’s crime statistics.

White House press secretary Jay Carney said Wednesday that the “thoughts and prayers” of President Obama and first lady Michelle Obama were with Pendleton’s family...

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtonpost.com ...


TOPICS: Local News; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: banglist; chicago; illinois; obama
So they're going to try to use this poor thing's death in their gun confiscation campaign?
1 posted on 01/30/2013 4:32:08 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

All you will get is this: “crickets”.


2 posted on 01/30/2013 4:33:51 PM PST by Biggirl ("Jesus talked to us as individuals"-Jim Vicevich/Thanks JimV!)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Too bad. Obama doesn’t care and will do nothing about the killing in Chicago. Now, about those rednecks in Alabama with their AR-15s....


3 posted on 01/30/2013 4:35:07 PM PST by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin (Freedom is the freedom to discipline yourself so others don't have to do it for you.)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

And his Ballet Dancing mayor pirouettes on and on. Oh the thrill of it.


4 posted on 01/30/2013 4:42:32 PM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

I’m sure it was a legally owned gun and the perp was an NRA member/s


5 posted on 01/30/2013 4:43:14 PM PST by Red in Blue PA (When Injustice becomes Law, Resistance Becomes Duty.-Thomas Jefferson)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So gun bans don’t work?


6 posted on 01/30/2013 4:45:41 PM PST by 2banana (My common ground with terrorists - they want to die for islam and we want to kill them)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

If only Chicago had stricter gun laws. Oh, wait...


7 posted on 01/30/2013 4:46:39 PM PST by Huskrrrr
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
Chicago ALREADY has the strictest gun laws in the country.
8 posted on 01/30/2013 5:04:20 PM PST by Talisker (One who commands, must obey.)
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To: Talisker

You’re correct.
Baraq and Rhambo just need to deputize the Million Moms for Gun Control and send them in to clean out the mess.


9 posted on 01/30/2013 5:11:02 PM PST by nascarnation (Baraq's economic policy: trickle up poverty)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Paging Mr. Pierced Morgan, white courtesy phone please.


10 posted on 01/30/2013 5:17:49 PM PST by Yo-Yo
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

Hmmm... What could the cause be? Lack of a family structure? Undermining of the value and sanctity of human life with a pro-abortion society? Supporting these people through government handouts so they don’t have to work and have too much undisciplined free time? Prayer, Christianity, and absolute moral values being removed from the school? The known low IQ of typical inner-city blacks?


11 posted on 01/30/2013 5:20:08 PM PST by The Truth Will Make You Free
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
The WaPo headline is a load of crap.

In their own words later in the story:

Several media outlets, including The Washington Post, reported that Pendleton, who relatives said was a majorette and volleyball player, had performed in the inaugural parade, with King College Prep’s band. But the band, which marched in the president’s first inaugural, did not perform this time.

So she wasn't even in DC. Yet the headline says otherwise.

12 posted on 01/30/2013 5:23:40 PM PST by Yo-Yo
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To: Yo-Yo

Shot by a gang-banger in her own neighborhood, in a city with strict gun laws.

Why am I to blame ?


13 posted on 01/30/2013 6:01:33 PM PST by Eric in the Ozarks (In the game of life, there are no betting limits)
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To: 2ndDivisionVet

So when is the big-mouthed little fool Emmanuel going to do something about crime in his city. Or is that too much to ask of a mayor.


14 posted on 01/30/2013 6:33:14 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: Eric in the Ozarks

You’re not to blame. Fool politicians who want to look like they’re doing something are to blame.


15 posted on 01/30/2013 6:35:03 PM PST by popdonnelly
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To: popdonnelly

The Dems only care when it’s a white suburban kid they can exploit to curry favour with white suburban soccer moms, the group that ensured Obama’s victory in 2012. A black girl in the inner city, killed by a black gang banger with an illegal handgun isn’t going to win those key swing voters. And Obama won’t say a word to criticize the poor misunderstood Boyz in da Hood.


16 posted on 01/30/2013 6:37:28 PM PST by littleharbour ("All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. ~ James Madison)
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To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin

17 posted on 01/30/2013 6:52:40 PM PST by Travis McGee (www.EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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To: Don Corleone

time for martial law and occupation of Chicago. House to house search for every gun, drug or stolen property. DNA sample every person in the city! Curfew at 10. Schools protected by armed guards—all students searched. arrest and investigate corruption on all levels. Stop the killings! Too many children have died! Imagine in the KKK were shooting half as many what the media would clamer for?


18 posted on 01/30/2013 10:06:26 PM PST by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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