Chicago gun ban works as predicted

[bubabootie]

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/04/26...est=latestnews

As we can see, banning firearms in the city of chicago has reduced violence and murders to near nothing. Oh no wait, i have that backwards.

I really like how the democratic law makers are saying that since their national guard is half way around the world fighting an illegal war, they can't properly police their citizens. Marshall law anyone?

[perna]

I bet Obama would have made some change there if he was involved, oh wait.

[Jabroni]

I grew up in IL and I ain't EVER goin' back. Between high taxation and crap gun laws....no way. I got out and I'm staying out.

I do wonder if this spike in homicides will play a role in the current gun ban case, McDonald v. Chicago.

[19852]

I grew up in IL and I ain't EVER goin' back. Between high taxation and crap gun laws....no way. I got out and I'm staying out.

I do wonder if this spike in homicides will play a role in the current gun ban case, McDonald v. Chicago.

I feel the same way about my home state of California.

[R/Tdrvr]

I'm just waiting for some Democrap lawmaker from there to come out and say they need even MORE gun control, and that the SCOTUS needs to rule in Chicago's favor.

[Bulldog7972]

These so called legislators are the same people that have jumped on the band wagon and hammered the Chicago Police Department for years. The same legislators that have fought tooth and nail against arming us with the latest and most modern (by our standards) weaponry. The same legislators who will jump in front of a news camera at almost every police involved shooting and cry racism and howl about the excessive use of force by the police even when they do not have ANY facts. These are the same legislators who are part of the evil cabal that have denied the citizens the right to self defense in accordance with the 2nd Amendment while at the same time allowed Daley to downsize the Police Department so that we are now short two thousand Officers at a minimum. The legislators are part of an evil democraptic cabal that supports and maintains probably the most corrupt and inefficient "criminal justice system" that rountinely releases careeer criminals back into the streets after serving a minute portion of their sentences. These are the same legislators who have treated the Chicago Police Department with disdain, indifference, contempt while at the same time have asked them to go into the worst neighborhoods this city has to offer and solve the very same problems that these legislators have helped create. In short, they suck and are full of bovine excrement. I hate them with a passion you cannot even begin to imagine.
Having said all that, keep in mind that the vast majority if not all of these shootings have occurred in gang infested areas on the south and west sides of Chicago. It very rarely impacts the rest of the law abiding middle class tax payers in the rest of the city. The downtown and entertainment areas for the most part, are safe.

[jaybird210]

Or you can have your "elected officials" call for the National Guard:

http://www.chicagobreakingnews.com/2...ards-help.html

Two state representatives called on Gov. Pat Quinn Sunday to deploy the Illinois National Guard to safeguard Chicago's streets.

Chicago Democrats John Fritchey and LaShawn Ford said they want Quinn, Mayor Richard Daley and Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis to allow guardsmen to patrol streets and help quell violence. Weis said he did not support the idea because the military and police operate under different rules.

"Is this a drastic call to action? Of course it is," Fritchey said. "Is it warranted when we are losing residents to gun violence at such an alarming rate? Without question. We are not talking about rolling tanks down the street or having armed guards on each corner."

What he envisions, Fritchey said, is a "heightened presence on the streets," particularly on the roughly 9 percent of city blocks where most of the city's violent crimes occur. Kinda like what bulldog said above.

Weis previously identified those "hot spots" and said he plans to create a 100-person team made up of selected and volunteer police personnel to respond to crime there. If guardsmen were to assist police, they could comprise or contribute to that force, Fritchey said.

So far this year, 113 people have been killed across Chicago, the same number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan combined in the same period, Fritchey said.

"As we speak, National Guard members are working side-by-side with our troops to fight a war halfway around the world," Fritchey said. "The unfortunate reality is that we have another war that is just as deadly taking place right in our backyard." While the National Guard has been deployed in other states to prevent violence related to specific events and protests, the Chicago legislators said they are unaware of guardsmen being deployed to assist with general urban unrest.

Weis countered that the only scenario in which the National Guard would be helpful is in the situation of a tornado, earthquake or flood. If the military were brought in to help with city violence, they wouldn't answer to police command -- creating a "major disconnect" in mission and strategy.

Alluding to the 1970 Kent State University incident where the National Guard was called in and protestors and students were shot, Weis said having guardsmen handle crime could be "disastrous." But he said if the Daley suggested it, he would consider the option.

"I'm open to anything that reduces violence. But I have concerns when you mix law enforcement and the military," Weis said.

But Fritchey and Ford said prompt action is needed because summer is right around the corner and with the warm weather comes an increase in violence.

Fritchey and Ford serve two different constituencies, representing the North Side and the West Side respectively. "One half of this city views this as a part of daily life," Fritchey said. "Another part of the city doesn't care because it doesn't affect them." Yet the lawmakers said they are coming together because gun violence should be a priority to all Chicagoans.

"No help is too much help" Ford said. "This is not just about the murders. It's about the crime. It's about people being stabbed, robbed and in the hospital on life support."

Fritchey said he spoke to representatives from Quinn's office about deploying guardsmen and they "seemed open to the idea." The lawmakers had yet to speak to Weis or the mayor's office.

"I don't anticipate the governor implementing it over the objection of the mayor," Fritchey said.

"I hope this doesn't become a territorial issue. I hope this doesn't become an ego issue. This isn't about public relations or politics. This is about reclaiming our communities." News Flash: Your community is already lost. It was lost when the women "learned" it was okay to have mulitple children with different fathers. It was lost when those absent, dead-beat fathers "learned" they didn't have any responsibility for the children they fathered. It was lost when those children didn't work hard in school and instead looked up to gang-bangers and drug dealers because they had gobs of money. It was lost when the precinct workers blew in to tell you how to vote so their cronies could keep their jobs.

[graffex]

They get what they deserve in Chicago...

[Belmont31R]

The next Detroit.



Also proves liberalism doesn't work. People like Obama pushed his ideology into these people, and now they are just shy of total anarchy. What has any of them got these people living in these metro ghettos. Drugs, crimes, broken families, and no future unless they GTFO and never look back.


All these black leaders pushing black marxism in their churches, community organizers like Obama pushing democrats and leftist ideology, the people voting the way they are told to by these people who now have an entitlement mentality bred into them because they are told they cannot succeed because the 'white man' is keeping them down, etc. Its just getting worse, and worse. What does a young black kid have to look up to? Some sports figure? The rappers? Decades of this attitude have culminated in a sub-society where young black kids are led to believe sports and rap are the only way out, and actual successful black people are uncle toms and race traitors.

Contrary to popular belief the biggest slave traders were always fellow black people enslaving each other, and that is no different today. These Jeremiah Wright and Obama types are just the modern slave traders keeping their people in poverty and the ghetto.

[Safetyhit]

What does a young black kid have to look up to? Some sports figure? The rappers?

Well, how about being the next black President, sort of like like the current one?

Of course I completely agree with you overall, but a black President should have some real effect on the societal mindset among blacks today (if there weren't already enough reasons to do so). The days of being able to whine about what a slighted group they are should be gone forever. If they continue to remain, it will be at their future peril because no one except self-loathing liberals will be listening.

At least I sure hope so, anyhow. Not sure anything would surprise me these days, though.