Getting tired yet of seeing this..60 Shot, at Least 10 Fatally

[rayg]

60 Shot, at Least 10 Fatally, over Weekend in Mayor Lightfoot’s Chicago

At least 60 people were shot, 13 fatally, over the weekend in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s (D) Chicago.

Shootings are up 76 percent over this time last year

ABC 7 reports the first fatal shooting took the life of 15-year-old Terrance Malden on Friday afternoon. They note five other teenagers were among those wounded in other shootings that occurred between Friday and Monday morning.

This is only in Chicago...other cities have a lot of shooting and murders also...Dem run cities...

https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2...foots-chicago/

[shadycon]

So no one gets shot in a city run by a Rep.? That's the place to live! No, I'll stay in the mtns!

[rayg]

Ok, if I re call, the last I posted about the highest shooting rates. One with a Rep mayor did have a high rate..the only one of about a dozen or so high crime major cities listed...I did forget about that one..I guess I'm getting a little forget full in my eighties..I did have it correct in my original post...

[sid]

We already know the cause of all the shootings in Chicago. Mayor Lightfoot told us last week when she was asked about it by a reporter. She said it was Trump's fault.

[dogtag]

Maybe the last surviving democrat in Chicago will regret his democrat vote.

[Vern Humphrey]

No, he'll keep on voting Democrat long after he dies.

[dogtag]

No, he'll keep on voting Democrat long after he dies.

You're right. They're stupid when alive, and remain stupid when they're dead.

[togor]

Everyone complains about Chicago but nobody ever does anything about it.

[dogtag]

Everyone complains about Chicago but nobody ever does anything about it.

Yes they are, they're thinning the herd. At 60 a week it will take a while.

[lyman]

Everyone complains about Chicago but nobody ever does anything about it.

do you live or vote in Chicago?

I don't , so I can't change a thing there,


it seems to be a more cultural issue than one that can be legislated, (since there is a lot of legislature in Chicago that was passed to prevent it, and it is not working)


until the folks of Chicago get serious about fixing the problem, and changing the culture , it will keep on

[togor]

You know, it's funny.

When there is an epidemic of say drug addiction, one of the things they talk about doing is interdicting the supply of drugs going into the afflicted area.

When there is an epidemic of an actual disease, that's one of the things that gets looked at too, quarantining an area so as to make it harder for the bug to get in, or out.

But when the epidemic is killing at a distance (which is to say longer than arm's reach with a knife or machete), an entirely different set of rules is applied.

But in fairness in many places there is a viral epidemic and people are determined that nothing special should be done about it, except to have the really bad off ones go to an Emergency Room. So some consistency. But then if outsiders were to look at the people of the hot zones and snicker about how they have to get serious about fixing the problem, and changing the culture, well let's just say those outsiders would get a very defensive reaction.

[RED]

No it’s not funny and you are the only one laughing. If guns were totally outlawed for the entire State of IL would the killings in Chicago end? No, all weapons are banned In prisons.... are you still laughing because inmate on inmate murders in prisons are common?

[togor]

"That is unusual" funny not "ha ha" funny.

Have you heard the question "does this milk smell funny to you"? It's not about getting laughs.

But for you "smell my finger" was probably your favorite joke for as long as you could get away with it. Am I right?

[lyman]

let's break this down,

You know, it's funny.

I understand the meaning,,,,

When there is an epidemic of say drug addiction, one of the things they talk about doing is interdicting the supply of drugs going into the afflicted area.

and how good are that at that,

intercepting a known Illegal item that is used illegally,,,

not really working out well is it....


so to sub firearms in for drugs,

one of the things they talk about doing is interdicting the supply of firearms going into the afflicted area.

what are they doing?

NICS and ATF tracing data shows where the guns are coming from, and as you know, if those dealers were doing something illegal, the ATF would have shut them down,

so, for that firearm traced, if it was purchased at any of the dealers mentioned, there is a 4473 and whatever state form (Ill would be a FOID) attached,

so, to repeat myself, that firearm was purchased legally at a dealer, then the police, state, local or even ATF need to investigate where it went afterwards,

prosecute those straw buyers, and those that steal,


keep in mind, if it is legal in any state on the report to sell a firearm just like any other private property, then the trail may go cold,,

,snip out the blah blah

But when the epidemic is killing at a distance (which is to say longer than arm's reach with a knife or machete), an entirely different set of rules is applied.

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apples to kumquats,

virus is totally different than a thug killing someone,,

[togor]

Death by kumquat, virus, or handgun is a different cause of death, sure, but

Dead is still dead.

People can look at the epidemic of shooting in Chicago and wonder what's wrong with those people & their culture.

People can look at the US and their disinterest in controlling a pandemic that has killed more people than handguns so far this year, and wonder what's wrong with these people & their culture. And whether anyone in the US cares or not, the rest of the world (except maybe Brazil and some Persian Gulf states) do just that.

Meanwhile New Yorkers--that insufferable group--can currently look at the southern US and wonder what is wrong with them and their culture that they fail to control the virus.

This is the problem with throwing stones of cultural criticism when almost everyone has at least one glass room in their house, and some people have glass houses entirely.

Also I notice that there are no threads here of late boasting on the great job Trump is doing with Covid and the economy. It feels like 2012 again, with the daily threads about how the blacks in the cities are taking everything all to hell. For me that's a pretty strong signal that even the base sees the handwriting on the wall.