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CHICAGO (WLS) -- One hundred and nine people have been shot, 19 fatally, in gun violence across Chicago since Wednesday during the extended Fourth of July holiday weekend, police said.
Superintendent Larry Snelling and Mayor Brandon Johnson both called for accountability for those responsible for the shootings.
Johnson was pressed to address what adjustments need to be made to keep the community safe, his response was simply getting more support.
originally posted by: DAVID64
a reply to: xuenchen
Just hold on one damn minute here.....You mean to tell me all those new gun laws in Illinois don't work ?
I mean, they banned 170 types of guns, you need a FOID card just to buy ammo and jump through endless hoops to get a CCL and that didn't pan out ?
I thought all the criminals would throw down their guns and turn themselves in.
I'm just devastated.
originally posted by: DAVID64
a reply to: xuenchen
Just hold on one damn minute here.....You mean to tell me all those new gun laws in Illinois don't work ?
I mean, they banned 170 types of guns, you need a FOID card just to buy ammo and jump through endless hoops to get a CCL and that didn't pan out ?
I thought all the criminals would throw down their guns and turn themselves in.
I'm just devastated.
Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson blamed over 100 people being shot in Chicago last weekend on former President Richard Nixon in his press conference today.
Yea, you read that correctly, this mayor states: “We had a chance 60 years ago to get the root causes and people mocked President Lyndon B. Johnson and we ended up with Richard Nixon.”
It is worth noting that Johnson is possibly the most racist president in American history even being linked to the KKK in the CIA JFK files that were released in 2023.
originally posted by: Edumakated
It is pretty much all teenage gang members (both victims and shooters). The numbers are mind numbing but the reality is that unless you are a black male under 25, an active gang member, and lives on the south and west sides.... the shootings might as well be in Rwanda.
originally posted by: Flyingclaydisk
originally posted by: Edumakated
It is pretty much all teenage gang members (both victims and shooters). The numbers are mind numbing but the reality is that unless you are a black male under 25, an active gang member, and lives on the south and west sides.... the shootings might as well be in Rwanda.
Really??? So, what is this, some kind of an explanation to make it okay?? I'm confused.
I was stationed in SE Michigan for a while in the late 90's. One day I had to drive down through east Detroit for a part for my boat. I got about 75% of the way there and realized that I still had my .44 mag under the passenger's seat. Had I been pulled over, I'd probably still be in jail to this day. But, I wasn't pulled over.
I went about my business (picking up a part for my boat), and went back up to Harrison Township along Lake St. Claire where my boat was. After working on my boat for a while I came back to my Blazer...only to find two (2) 9mm bullet holes in the tailgate. One of them went through my back seat and I found the bullet under the carpet on the floor under the passenger's seat. Must have happened when I was inside the boat place down in Detroit.
Ummm...I'm pretty sure I wasn't in...Rwanda!
originally posted by: Edumakated
a reply to: Vermilion
Memorial Day weekend is usually the worst.
Basically, any weekened with good weather and block parties will usually result in a lot of shootings.
The gang members like to "spin the block" when sun is out and their rivals are out at a BBQ.