Posted on Aug 30, 2016
August most violent month in Chicago in nearly 20 years
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Sad state of affairs. How can Chicago have one of the toughest weapons laws in America and be the leader in shootings and murders, constantly? I don't get it.
In the weeks since he was shot in the back, 10-year-old Tavon Tanner has undergone several operations to repair the damage from the bullet that tore through his small body and remains lodged between his shoulder and his chest.
The fifth-grader is still in the hospital and still in pain, according to his mother Mellanie Washington. He doesn't talk as much and cries more often. Sometimes he'll ask if police have arrested the person who shot him.
In the weeks since he was shot in the back, 10-year-old Tavon Tanner has undergone several operations to repair the damage from the bullet that tore through his small body and remains lodged between his shoulder and his chest.
The fifth-grader is still in the hospital and still in pain, according to his mother Mellanie Washington. He doesn't talk as much and cries more often. Sometimes he'll ask if police have arrested the person who shot him.
August most violent month in Chicago in nearly 20 years
Posted from chicagotribune.com
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The arguement on the left: "Gun control works. if we didn't have gun control in chicago, it would have been much worse."
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SGT (Join to see) - can really say if that is dumb...would that aunt still identify herself as your aunt? She is free to choose.... just channeling my inner lefty.
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Lt Col (Join to see), Oh yeah. I forgot about that. Knowing my aunts, they would remain aunts. Glad this stuff wasn't around when that saying was popular. It's no fun to write it anymore. :-(
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Chicago; ran by progressive liberal democrats. It seems the only people they really want to have guns are the criminals terrorizing their own neighborhoods.
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We have a lot of gang activity in Houston. But nothing like Chicago. Once in a while we'll hear about gangs shooting at each other. I'm thankful Houstonisnt like Chicago.
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The effectiveness of liberal "solutions" demonstrated in Chicago - again. Turn criminals loose on the public and then disarm the law abiding and act surprised when the inevitable occurs.
No wonder liberalism is seen as a mental disease in many quarters.
No wonder liberalism is seen as a mental disease in many quarters.
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CW3 Harvey K.
All "gun control" laws only have power over the law-abiding. Criminals who are willing to commit violent crimes with guns, will ignore the administrative procedures labeled "gun control". Such laws serve to put criminals in power, not only because they are more likely to be armed than the honest population, but they dictate public policy.
“A law which restricts the liberty of the innocent because of the behavior of the guilty, that rests on the principle that the conduct of criminals dictates the scope of liberty for the rest of society, in no sense ‘fights’ crime.”
For society has permitted its fear of crime, and craving for safety, to turn the force of law against the innocent and law-abiding. Far from fighting crime, the criminalization of otherwise innocent activities represents a society in retreat from crime. This is a society desperately accommodating itself to crime.”
— Jeff Snyder
“A law which restricts the liberty of the innocent because of the behavior of the guilty, that rests on the principle that the conduct of criminals dictates the scope of liberty for the rest of society, in no sense ‘fights’ crime.”
For society has permitted its fear of crime, and craving for safety, to turn the force of law against the innocent and law-abiding. Far from fighting crime, the criminalization of otherwise innocent activities represents a society in retreat from crime. This is a society desperately accommodating itself to crime.”
— Jeff Snyder
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