Spring hunting season in Chicago

[Value Buy]

Has officially opened.
Easter weekend, four deaths, 16 shootings
This weekend, 2 deaths, 22 shootings.

As far as I can tell, none by police.
Just the home boys being homeboys for the most part.

Cannot wait for the really warm weather to kick in.

[wyouser]

I still do not understand the lack of outrage over the slaughter of young people there and elsewhere. The silence is deafening! All lives matter? Here? There? Everywhere? Really?

[kent]

It's good thing they have such strict gun laws or things would really get out of control.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Apr 13, 2015 12:58:12 GMT -5 kent said:

It's good thing they have such strict gun laws or things would really get out of control.

[EVT1]

You mean like how they started issuing concealed carry a while back?

Besides there are many worse places in the US than Chicago where gun laws are as lax as possible- doesn't really make a difference.  Picking on Chicago is just a leftover NRA strategy to support their bullshit narrative that gun laws are the problem. 

[Value Buy]

Apr 13, 2015 16:29:57 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

You mean like how they started issuing concealed carry a while back?

Besides there are many worse places in the US than Chicago where gun laws are as lax as possible- doesn't really make a difference.  Picking on Chicago is just a leftover NRA strategy to support their bullshit narrative that gun laws are the problem. 

They were butchering innocent children in Chicago long before the concealed carry law went into law.

[EVT1]

Apr 13, 2015 18:02:13 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Apr 13, 2015 16:29:57 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

You mean like how they started issuing concealed carry a while back?

Besides there are many worse places in the US than Chicago where gun laws are as lax as possible- doesn't really make a difference.  Picking on Chicago is just a leftover NRA strategy to support their bullshit narrative that gun laws are the problem. 

They were butchering innocent children in Chicago long before the concealed carry law went into law.

And in 100+ other cities as well.  Innocent children being butchered all over this country.

www.neighborhoodscout.com/neighborhoods/crime-rates/top100dangerous/

Might long list of gun law friendly places where it isn't helping apparently.  So why is Chicago special?

[OldCoyote]

I though that Chicago was really unfriendly toward guns.   Ohh!! that's right  they are only against legal guns.

[OldCoyote]

evt1,      just how many of the gang bangers are legally concealed carrying?

[EVT1]

Apr 13, 2015 21:04:25 GMT -5 OldCoyote said:

evt1,      just how many of the gang bangers are legally concealed carrying?

Tough question isn't it. Being a gang member does not bar one from a carry permit- I suppose a lot of them do, and legally buy guns for their pals as well.

This is interesting:

www.guns.com/2014/01/30/chicago-gang-leader-applies-concealed-carry-permit/

     Authorities refused to name the gang leader or provide any type of personal information, such as age or city of residence, but confirmed that he currently holds a valid firearms owner identification card, or FOID card, which is required to legally own a gun in the state of Illinois. A FOID card is also required in order to obtain a concealed carry permit.

     So why is a known gang leader allowed to possess a FOID card in the first place?

     Apparently the man has no felony convictions. Although he’s been arrested 12 times, he doesn’t have a single conviction, so authorities had no legitimate reason not to issue the card to him.

     However, due to the man’s prior arrest record, which includes aggravated assault, burglary and failure to register a firearm, Cook County Sheriff’s officials have the right – and obligation – to place an objection with the state licensing board.

Don't worry- the NRA is going to put an end to this FOID card and objection nonsense.

[EVT1]

Like Kansas

rt.com/usa/246645-kansas-concealed-carry-law-signed/

     Kansas Governor Sam Brownback (R) signed a law authorizing the carrying of concealed handguns in the state without a license or a training requirement. When it goes into effect, Kansas will become the fifth state with such a concealed carry law.

     “I am pleased to sign Senate Bill 45 bill today. I have been – and continue to be – a strong supporter of Second Amendment rights,” Brownback said Thursday as he signed the bill, flanked by Republican lawmakers and representatives from the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the Kansas State Rifle Association (KSRA).

     The KSRA spent 10 years lobbying for such a law. The group’s president, Patricia Stoneking, told the Kansas City Star that the inclusion of the previous training requirement encoded in the 2006 law was a result of “political horse trading” to get the bill passed at the time. She said lowering the concealed carry age to 18 from 21 is the next step.

Note to self- stay the hell out of Kansas.  I suppose those 18yo's should be able to carry in high school as well.......

Way to go Brownback- destroy the economy and let everyone walk around untrained with guns- a conservative paradise it will be

[Value Buy]

Apr 14, 2015 6:11:02 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Well of course any idiot knows that the real problem with Chicago gun laws is that they locked the door after the horse had left the barn.

Evidently some of the posters here do not know it.

[Value Buy]

Well, the spring hunting season has officially opened in Wisconsin this week.


www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/milwaukee-motorist-shot-killed-after-van-strikes-child/ar-AAaWZi7

The driver stopped, when he hit the child, was over the child, and the child's brother came out to the street, to help his brother and then  someone else came to the crash scene and assassinated the driver and the older brother of the crash victim.

[EVT1]

It is hunting season all year in every big city, no matter the gun laws, no matter what. Did you forget you live in the United States for a moment? 

BTW Chicago isn't even in the top ten, probably not in the top twenty when it comes to gun murders.

[The Walk of the Penguin Mich]

Apr 14, 2015 12:07:26 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

It is hunting season all year in every big city, no matter the gun laws, no matter what. Did you forget you live in the United States for a moment? 

BTW Chicago isn't even in the top ten, probably not in the top twenty when it comes to gun murders.

www.takepart.com/photos/gun-homicides/gun-homicides-america-where-bullets-are-flying

By this metric, Chicago is in the top 11 in 2012.

[Value Buy]

Apr 14, 2015 15:59:58 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

Apr 14, 2015 12:07:26 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

It is hunting season all year in every big city, no matter the gun laws, no matter what. Did you forget you live in the United States for a moment? 

BTW Chicago isn't even in the top ten, probably not in the top twenty when it comes to gun murders.

www.takepart.com/photos/gun-homicides/gun-homicides-america-where-bullets-are-flying

By this metric, Chicago is in the top 11 in 2012.

I counted Chicago at number 9
Picture one, was not a city, and they were the tenth picture listed, hence number nine of major cities in the U.S.

[Value Buy]

Apr 14, 2015 12:07:26 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

It is hunting season all year in every big city, no matter the gun laws, no matter what. Did you forget you live in the United States for a moment? 

BTW Chicago isn't even in the top ten, probably not in the top twenty when it comes to gun murders.

Yes I live in the U.S. 
I only mention Chicago because we get the local news of Chicago.
I have never claimed they were the murder capital of the country.
Do I have to mention the vast majority of victims are under 20 years of age, and toddlers are also a big victim category.
Minorities are being slaughtered in the inner city.

[Deleted]

Apr 14, 2015 6:11:02 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Well of course any idiot knows that the real problem with Chicago gun laws is that they locked the door after the horse had left the barn.

The real problem is no one cares about the poor people with little hope for life.  Just empty platitudes from politicians and no leadership from anywhere else. 

But liberal or conservative, we do get to use the deaths to further out political yellings.

[EVT1]

Apr 14, 2015 18:19:04 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

Apr 14, 2015 15:59:58 GMT -5 The Walk of the Penguin Mich said:

www.takepart.com/photos/gun-homicides/gun-homicides-america-where-bullets-are-flying

By this metric, Chicago is in the top 11 in 2012.

I counted Chicago at number 9
Picture one, was not a city, and they were the tenth picture listed, hence number nine of major cities in the U.S.

Might be- but my point was that there are a lot more dangerous cities out there that have had gun friendly laws for years.  Didn't stop shit.

 

[Value Buy]

Apr 14, 2015 23:05:38 GMT -5 EVT1 said:

Apr 14, 2015 18:19:04 GMT -5 Value Buy said:

I counted Chicago at number 9
Picture one, was not a city, and they were the tenth picture listed, hence number nine of major cities in the U.S.

Might be- but my point was that there are a lot more dangerous cities out there that have had gun friendly laws for years.  Didn't stop shit.

 

Gary Indiana comes to mind, but not sure about their gun laws being friendly.

[Value Buy]

It was another bad weekend in Chi-town.
Five dead, forget how many shootings.......
And now Mayor Emanuel has a bone to pick with Spike Lee.
Spike is coming to town to film a new movie, named "Chiraq", as in Iraq. Guess what the premise is.
Emmanuel feels it will give Chicago a bad rep........and wants hm to find a new name for the movie.

Hope it takes a Spike Lee movie to begin the proper discussion in the liberal camp of what is going on in our inner cities