Posted on 10/02/2015 7:04:08 PM PDT by SJackson
Four people were killed and 52 wounded during shootings across Chicago over the weekend. After multiple weekends in a row of increased violence in the city, Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is urging a fresh and more proactive approach to gun control. The latest incidents, including the murder of a pregnant mother, come on the heels of two weekends in a row with more than 50 shootings in Chicago:
At least 2,300 people have been shot in Chicago this year alone, according to the Chicago Tribune. According to their analysis, that's roughly 400 more incidents than during the same period in 2014. Homicides are currently up 21 percent in 2015, with the past two weekends pointing to a noticeable increase in gun-related violence.
"Wherever you live, you should be able to get out of your car and go to your home," Emanuel told reporters on Tuesday after receiving news of the increased violence continuing on Monday evening, leaving six dead and at least eight injured. "You can say this happened in the neighborhood of the Back of the Yards, but everybody (who) woke up this morning, or heard it last night, felt a pain of anguish, and it’s time that our criminal justice system and the laws as it relates to access to guns and the penalties for using 'em reflect the values of the people of the city of Chicago."
Makes you wish you had something that made siren noises...
Chicago -— Another wonderful success for “gun control.” Looks like Chicago is “solving itself” - (Will there be anyone left to accept the Darwin Award?)
Yo, Chicago. How’s Ram’s (SP?) version of gun control workin’ for ya?
Crazy.
And here I thought all of those people were lined up for a job/s
Baltimore, the only city to ever have to play a baseball game with no public allowed in because it is too dangerous. That’s gotta count for something.
Sorry Procon...I posted this cartoon downthread...I should have scanned the thread first.....but it is a good one!!!
“Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel is urging a fresh and more proactive approach to gun control”
Rahm needs to urge a fresh and more proactive approach to criminal control instead. That would have a much greater impact. However, Rahm is no doubt fearful of offending blacks who hate cops worse than they do the feral animals that are slaughtering their innocent neighbors.
The cartoon is a great example of the lame stream media’s attempt to blame the inanimate object, it bears repeating often!
I know! I know! I know the answer. obozos children don’t know how to read so they can’t read that owning a gun and killing is against the law.
Personally I’d make sure the junkies received 100% pure herion.
I know! I know! I know the answer. obozos children don’t know how to read so they can’t read that owning a gun and killing is against the law.
Personally I’d make sure the junkies received 100% pure heroin.
More criminal control needed, not gun control.
What could go wrong in a long line of people waiting to buy smack?
Welcome to Obamatopia! Where the killing is just a way of life!!!
And where black lives don’t matter - they just add to the death rolls.
50 people were shot last weekend and then they were shot again this weekend?
Statistically unlikely but hey, it’s Shitcago - any thing can happen.
I look at that line and I see nothing but hookers, muggers, armed robbers, car thieves, burglars, home invaders, etc. Drug addiction wouldn’t be bad if it just killed off all those scum bags but they manage to do a lot of damage before they finally stop breathing.
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