HEAVY METAL: Chicago Gangs Are Now In An Escalating Rifle War

Bearing Arms ^ | February 28, 2017 | Bob Owens

[detective]

Not too long ago, Chicago’s bloody gang warfare was restricted to small, concealable handguns. That’s not the case anymore.

The first time 14-year-old Brisa Ramirez remembers hearing rifle fire was when a man was shot dead on a Sunday afternoon outside a Catholic church around the corner from her home in Back of the Yards.

She raises her voice to imitate the sharp, metallic bursts. Ta. Ta. Ta. Ta. Ta. It was a foreign sound even in this neighborhood accustomed to gunfire.

“It wasn’t like a normal (shooting). … It was like something more terrible,” Brisa says. “A noise that you can’t really explain.”

She and others in Davis Square Park took cover against concrete steps across the street from Seward Elementary School, where Brisa had just graduated from eighth grade.

The shooting was one of at least 33 in Back of the Yards and Brighton Park over the past nine months that police believe are tied to semi-automatic rifles as several gangs boost their firepower. At least 46 people have been shot in the attacks, 13 fatally.

[Klemper]

Send in some of those robots that we read about earlier on FR.

[A. Morgan]

I see my old neighborhood has made into the gang news again..
Brighton Park.. Thanks be to God, I got out of there 12 years ago.

[Made In The USA]

Wow, my wedding sucked! Had a wear a suit, didn’t get to do the Chicken Dance, and not a dang AK-47 in sight. These guys know how to PARTY!

Breaking it down:

This modern bride eschews tradition, gracefully posing with with 7.62 x 39 AK power vs. a bouquet of cheap flowers. Advice to the groom, if your biceps are smaller than hers, you better listen when she says she’s not in the mood.

The romantic couple also 1 upped all the rest of the village combatants by choosing a classic F150 - two tone accented in white to match the lovely bride and blue to coordinate with the bloody groom. It’s the details that make it special, and subtle message of “Build Ford Tough” tells you this couple is in it for life (no matter how short that may be).

The best man also stepped up his game, selecting an RPG to go with his superhero look. He really sells it with the matching bicycle helmet, winter vest and socks. My guess, he’s The Congo Crusader! Or, maybe a retired Village People.

And then there’s the bridesmaid... Is there nothing she wont do to support her bride? Checking the makeup, the hair, running cover fire... That’s a true friend, and hopefully a good shot too.