Posted on 09/08/2014 5:29:29 AM PDT by rellimpank
In a regular Monday ritual, Chicago Police display the numerous illegal guns they have most recently taken off the street, and there is always a dismayingly large cache.
So, yes, cops are getting illegal guns off the street. But the river of new illegal guns replacing those recovered by police is so huge that Police Supt. Garry McCarthy has likened police efforts to drinking from a fire hose. Last year, police recovered more than 7,000 illegal firearms, but plenty more remained on the streets to be used in new crimes.
On Saturday, the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence set out to do something about that by holding a rally near Chuck’s Gun Shop & Pistol Range in Riverdale, which the Brady people say has sold at least 1,516 guns used in gun crimes. The rally was part of an overdue effort to take on gun traffickers and the horrific shooting that turns our streets into war zones.
(Excerpt) Read more at suntimes.com ...
The only thing that will make you safe it a gun in your hand.
Don’t depend on Law Enforcement; their job is documenting a crime after it has happened.
Were any of those 7,000 guns taken from violent felons? If so, what happened to the felons?
The people who run Chicago are all A-holes.
Just another push for universal gun registration.
Is somebody finally going after AG Holder?
Is somebody finally going after AG Holder?
No.
Duh. . . Why not actually take a stand against the bangers (the Mahdi’s people all) who use the guns to murder great masses of their own people. Rudy did it in NYC and actually reduced the numbers of murders by more than half. Another benefit would be getting a lot of actionable intel. on the drug dealers who direct the bangers. The down side, of course, would be greatly reducing the income of the “civil rights” movement and the DemonCrap party.
Th felons were promptly released so they could go out and get more guns to commit more murders.
This reminds me of an old Bill Mauldin cartoon from 1968.
A mob is lynching a handgun. On the edge of the crowd a criminal says...”They lynched my gun and let me go!”
Meanwhile, here is the running tally of Chicago homicide stats.
http://heyjackass.com/category/2014-chicago-crime-murder-stats/
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