Posted on 04/25/2010 6:20:28 PM PDT by TigerBait
Two state representatives called on Gov. Pat Quinn Sunday to deploy the Illinois National Guard to safeguard Chicago's streets.
Chicago Democrats John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford said they want Quinn, Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis to allow guardsmen to patrol streets and help quell violence. Weis said he did not support the idea because the military and police operate under different rules.
"Is this a drastic call to action? Of course it is," Fritchey said. "Is it warranted when we are losing residents to gun violence at such an alarming rate? Without question. We are not talking about rolling tanks down the street or having armed guards on each corner."
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Chicago is lost. Time to pull out.
Quagmire.
let everybody in chicago arm themselves. problem will be solved in six months.
Detroit...TIME said they are the new model.
Leftists begat leftists and then they become martial law facists.
I know.
*snicker*
That was hilarious.
Chicago should be fine now that all the thugs are in D.C. In the meantime, what about the Mexico-U.S. border?
The “City of the Big Shoulders” has a problem with just keeping their pants on, it seems.
Fire the policemen, fire the city bureaucracy, and fire the mayor. They have failed.
National Guard to use LA rules of engagement,
bricks may be used.
Wouldn’t it be easier to just pass more gun control laws?
Hmmm....isn’t Liberalism wonderful in Detroit, Chicago, DC, Oakland, Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Boston????
All the handouts, labor unions, dirty politicians, social engineering and Progressive ideas are absurdly bankrupt and we sit and question when some state has the balls to stop third worlders from invading?
I fear a revolution and I think Obie and Rahmbo could be ooking for a crisis to enact emergency powers.
Best strategy for the entire nation is to not waste money trying to make chicken salad out of chicken poop.
Let them kill each other off.
Oh, good. The city of Chicago has martial law imposed by gun control enthusiasts. When do they start breaking down doors?
Didn’t see the previous thread.
Has crime gone up under Obama? Thought ‘hype & change’ was going to solve all problems?
“Is it warranted when we are losing residents to gun violence at such an alarming rate?
Now wait a minute.Who is doing the killing with these guns.I thought you couldn’t own a gun in chicago.If thats the case they should wake up and allow the public to not only posses guns at home but allow the right to carry on the street.
Why should people be sitting ducks to a bunch of thugs?Let the thugs get a taste of their own medicine.
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