Woman killed same day sister hears Obama speak of gun violence

Chicago Tribune ^ | February 16, 2013 | Carlos Sadovi

[ConservativeStatement]

Hours after Destini Warren, 14, attended President Barack Obama’s speech against gun violence Friday, her family learned of a terrible irony.

Destini’s sister, Janay McFarlane, 18, was the victim of the very thing that the President was condemning at Hyde Park Academy in Chicago.

McFarlane, of the 8900 block of South Lowe Avenue, was visiting friends and family in North Chicago when she was shot on her way to a store in the northern suburb, her family said.

[ConservativeStatement]

This will ruin Obama's "little buddy" golf vacation in Florida.

[SpaceBar]

Statistical anomalies are more important than your rights.

[Sarah Barracuda]

blacks killing blacks, just a bump in the road right Obama

[Repeat Offender]

If only they banned Chicongo this wouldn’t have happened.

[Telepathic Intruder]

Is it a good or bad thing that she didn’t have her own gun to protect herself with? This is never the question they want you to ask.

[Utilizer]

But... but... I thought killing people was ILLEGAL?

[Chode]

quick... write more laws against law abiding gun owners!!!

[winner3000]

How nice of the Chicago Tribune NOT to allow any comments on the article. God forbid that it might engender a contrary opinion to the Tribune’s not so subtle agenda.

[RedMonqey]

Playing the “Six Degree of Obama”game is hard on his supporters...

[88keys]

If the one girl had not just (within hours, no less)attended Pres. Obama's "gun speech", would we be hearing anything about her sister's killing?

YES, I'm sorry the girl was killed...but this kind of relentess agenda-pushing is enough to turn a self-respecting kind-hearted person into a real cold-hearted cynic...enough already!! / rant

[IncPen]

How nice of the Chicago Tribune NOT to allow any comments on the article. God forbid that it might engender a contrary opinion to the Tribune’s not so subtle agenda.

How about we start licensing and restricting the 1st amendment?

[VeniVidiVici]

Obama was only complaining about white people having assault rifles with large magazines. The Democrat Party could care less about inner-city Blacks and Latinos offing each other with handguns.

[BigCinBigD]

“when she was shot on her way to a store”

She only wanted Skittles and an iced tea!

[867V309]

Woman killed same day sister hears Obama speak of gun violence

Oh, the irony.

My sister ate pie in Dallas the same day Kennedy was shot.

[GeronL]

did they arrest and imprison the gun that did it?

not the perp, that’d be racist - we have to blame society and make everyone the guilty party

[marron]

Do you suppose she was shot by a Republican or a Democrat?

[The KG9 Kid]

Congress should pass a law banning black kids from walking to/ from “the store”.

Every time I hear about a black teen getting shot, “the store” is always part of the story. Walking to the store, walking home from the store, just “PIE-yow!” shot dead right there.

Coincidence?! I think NOT.

[Minutemen]

Listening to Obambo will do that to ya.

[alpo]

11:30PM. Walking alone to the store. 3 month old babies don’t sleep all night so how does she have the time to get out at that hour? Are there that many random shootings in Chicago, or was someone hunting her? Where is “Daddy” ?

This is a strange new world...

[Richard Brandon Abroad]

Make it like 'Gun Ban Britain'. The Bad News is that there are gun killing reported nearly every day, but the Good News is that by amazing coincidence there is often an armed police patrol that just happens to be passing by that can help aprehend the bad guys.
Britain disarmed by gun laws - forget it.