Posted on 10/05/2015 1:29:19 PM PDT by beaversmom
Gun-control advocates hate to have to talk about Chicago because they have no come-back for it.
Sure they do. They can point to Detroit or Baltimore.
Contrast this with Detroit, where it has gotten so bad the police chief advised people to arm themselves because the police force was at the point they were unable to respond to the violence. In Chicago, you’re just a sitting duck.
Hmmm...I wonder what are some common components of these regions? We should ponder and study that for 30 or 40 seconds.
Not if you have round-the-clock police bodyguards, like Mayor Rahm.
Actually, I don't ask you a damn thing. I call you a liar and walk away.
Maybe Mr. Bump should look at another trend line. Gun control laws as compared with shooting crimes.
While no one on this site would be surprised by the result, I am sure Mr. Bump would be stuned. Then he would look for a way to blame Conservatives.
That's an answer? These people are nutso. 4 people killed is the defining stat? Liberals are insane.
3 or 4 seconds to think about it is more than enough time for anybody who lives in Realville.
Just let the guy enjoy his waffles or whatever it is that he's eating.
You’re right. What the heck was I thinking!? :)
Id wear a vest everyday in chicago.
I don’t want to ever step foot in one of those places. Ain’t my thing.
... I don't care what you say ... gun control clearly works!
0blama challenged the press, the other day, to compare the number of shooting deaths to those killed by terrorism.
I wonder what those actual numbers are, from 9/11 to date.
Such a small-minded thing to say, regardless.
Chicago is, in many ways, a basket case, just looking for a hole in the ground to be dropped into and covered up.
The financial status is running on fumes, and parts of the city are nearly as uninhabitable as corresponding parts of Detroit. A city council made up of equal parts of criminals and cronies with ties to the major banking houses, there has not been a Republican within striking distance of City Hall since the Chicago Tribune lost Colonel Robert R. McCormick, one-time managing editor, sometime in the 1950’s, about the time the Daley Machine got into full gear. In short, the very poster child for years of unchallenged Democrat exploitation, just not yet progressed as far as Baltimore or the aforementioned Detroit.
Now, Chicago used to be much more open about its love affair with guns, romanticizing the likes of Al Capone and its wide-open criminal/government joint enterprises. Chicago was the home of labor abuses and agitation, and drive-by shootings were probably, if not invented there, at least raised to an art form. But that was partially controlled by the various members of the populace, like merchants and business men, shooting back, from time to time, until the crime bosses got tired of all the amateur competition, and got the city council to outlaw most forms of personal gun ownership and conditions of use.
Now, only the various facets of the criminals have access to guns, mostly stolen or moved by black market channels.
There are gun laws that would crack down on this criminal practice, but they simply are not enforced in any consistent manner, or investigations are quickly shut down, because, in many instances, there are some pretty highly placed people who may be compromised by their involvement in this illicit trafficking in guns and ammunition.
It takes money, lots of it, to support this endless graft, and therein lie most of Chicago’s financial problems. They are rapidly running out of Other People’s Money, and the base for their revenue is getting a little small.
Chicago ain’t ready for reform.
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