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Meanwhile, Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama is criticizing the Bush administration for not banning assault rifles after nearly three dozen children were killed with them in Chicago during the past year.

Obama Calls for Permanent Assault Weapons Ban to Combat Inner-City Violence

Nearly three dozen Chicago students have been killed this year, according to Chicago Public Schools. (by assault weapons? or just gangstas?) (snip)

He said the government needs to permanently reinstate an assault weapons ban and close regulatory loopholes that protect unscrupulous gun dealers.

Obama attacks violence in Chicago

"A couple weeks ago, cops found an AK-47 near a West Side school," he said. "That type of weapon belongs on a battlefield, not on the streets of Chicago." (oh, well then there is at least one "assault weapon" in Chicago but apparently no one was shot with it. oh wait, it was just a semiauto copy. never mind.) (snip)

"In Room 104 at Avalon Park Elementary School, an empty chair is pushed against the wall in memory of Quinton Jackson, the 8th grader who used to sit there, and who was stabbed to death a few months ago," he said. (hmm, well that one was stabbed to death. not exactly an "assault weapon". perhaps the 8th grader sat in elementary school three years too long and someone wanted his seat?)

Teen playing dice is shot, killed

An 18-year-old man was fatally shot overnight while playing dice near his West Side home, Chicago police said. (snip)

The victim, Robert Thomas, was playing dice on the corner with several other people when a gunman in black clothing approached and fired on the group, striking Thomas in the neck and back, Officer Marcel Bright said. The gunman was last seen running south on Lawler. (running with his..."assault weapon"? not too conclusive there.)

Bright said no one else was struck and that the killer was at large this afternoon. He said witnesses who were with the victim were not cooperating with police. (but why are these school children victims not cooperating with police? they must be so traumatized, that's it)

Gang's memorial event ends in fatal shooting

The deadly confrontation came after members of the La Raza street gang gathered in the 4400 block of West Cortez Avenue for the memorial shortly after midnight Saturday, prosecutors said. A quarrel allegedly led to a fistfight.

"After the fistfight ended, [Hernandez] produced a handgun and opened fire on the group, striking one victim in the head and a second victim in the left leg," Assistant State's Atty. Katherine Malloy said in court. (a handgun. well we can call it an "assault weapon".)

Father sues police over son's shooting

Family of teen, police question chase, shooting

Protests, probe follow fatal shooting by cops

As of July 12, the Office of Professional Standards investigated 21 police-involved shootings in 2007 involving 23 people, 10 of whom died, Bond said. In 2006, the office investigated 26 police-involved shootings, 10 of which were fatal, she said.

(if the police shot some of them, does that means police are carrying "assault weapons"? and why would police shoot these peaceful, innocent school children? golly, gee, it sounds like Obama and Jesse should just ban Chicago police.)

Sorry for the rambling collection of Chicago news clippings but I was trying to find the 36 children killed by "assault weapons" Obama mentioned. I couldn't find them. But I'm sure if they take all my firearms away, these peaceful Chicago school children will be safe.