over the 3 day weekend. little kids getting shot in the face. happens every weekend. no kneeling though. no lebron tweets.
at least 72 shot in chicago
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Do you think it would be different if an entire group of people didn’t have to pull themselves out of slavery and then discrimination?
What does slavery (which ended over 150 years ago) and discrimination have to do with another 70+ people in Chicago being shot?
And therein lies the problem...
there are many poor oppressed communities in the world that don't have this kind of violence. history is not an excuse to shoot children in the face.
What can he say...no cops...black killing black is not the issue though it is the #1 killer of blacks
from the op
it sounds like Rs are upset that lebron and others arent calling for more gun control
op is trying to understand which blm. the weekly massacre victims don't get as much pub. i guess it's not as much fun to protest your own deplorable community?
Well Cainer, you just might have a point. Everything from the Confederacy to the KKK to Jim Crow laws to the opposition of the Civil Rights movement involved the Democrat Party. And how about Illinois?
Governor: Democrat
Illinois Senate: Democrat (40-19)
Illinois House: Democrat (73-44)
Chicago Mayor: Democrat
Chicago Aldermans: Democrat (46-0) 4 Independent
Chicago guns laws are amongst the toughest in the nation (for law abiding people who legally want to protect themselves)
No because gun violence is a minor issue overall and is typically a bigger issue in areas WITH strict gun laws.
Apparently I can't see it either because I don't see a point that you made.
Does most of the developed world? Yes, and they don't have a gun violence problem.
A very basic situation to understand when it comes to city-only gun laws is you can drive 10 minutes outside of Chicago and buy whatever you want. You can't do that in a developed country with national laws.
So yes, I agree with you there needs to be more national laws regarding background checks, what types of weapons can be purchased, etc.
Only 72? Chicago should consider that a moral victory. I predicted well over 100 for the 4th.
Just wondering when the BLM march will be? Anyone have the schedule for Jesse and Rev Al's press conference? What about the Obama's weighing in, after all, most of the Chicago shootings are on the south and west sides, where he was a 'community organizer'.
Yes....it would. There's poor black people in a lot of areas in the US and they don't go on shooting rampages every weekend of the summer.
You mean the point about a democrat control city being a shooting gallery? Yeh, he did prove that point pretty well.
Chicago is a city that would really benefit from Stop and Frisk, but the wussified Chicago government would never allow it.
Instead, they'll just deal with the gun violence, blaming it on Indiana and the cops.
Instead, they'll just deal with the gun violence, blaming it on Indiana and the cops.
You’re just the type that the libs would put in charge of determining what types of weapons could be purchased. I can hear it now - banning these over here since they have a military look, these over here since they’re really loud. Biden will add the AR-14 to the list.
No. They complain about the hypocrisy the media attaches to guns as the reason people shoot eachother. Guns don't shoot themselves.
The numbers have been bumped up to 87 shot in Chicago over the 4th of July weekend. That's more like it! Nice job Chicago!
Over 500,000 have moved out during the CCV pandemic. With working from home becoming common along with the cities becoming cesspools, I wouldn’t be surprised to see a mass deurbanization from major urban areas.
You realize there are many national laws placing restrictions on gun ownership that have existed for decades, right?
We don't live in a country where you can just do whatever the heck you want. And advocating for things like universal background checks.....isn't "the libs" considering 80%+ of Americans support it.
I’m 100% in support of universal background checks. I don’t support bureaucrats making decisions on the types of guns that I’m allowed to purchase.
Congress sucks. Both sides will do everything possible to not be on the record with a vote. Immigration is another issue that both sides enjoy using at every election.
Can you share of an example of both sides not allowing a vote on universal background checks?
In 2019, the House passed universal background checks. It was never taken up in the Senate. Why not?
I’d have to read the House bill to give an answer on that one. I guarantee you though that it wasn’t a simple bill with language directly relating to universal background checks. Most of the bills that Pelosi and McConnell roll out have something in them that the other side can’t get behind that has nothing to do with the bill’s objective.
Pffft. Two words: Mitch McConnell. Duh.
those are forms of gun control
why do you support gun control?
agree, we can buy any guns, grenades, and missile launchers we want to
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Stop and frisk is the most racist as all get out. When I go to Chicago, which is quite often, the last thing I want is the cops to stop me and frisk me for nothing. My cousin, a professor at one of the NY city colleges was stopped and frisked about 5 times during that period. All because of being black. His white colleagues were not frisked at all during that period. Stop and frisk did not work anyhow. This is profiling at its best.
