Whats going on in Chicago?

[Gervinho]

Just seen the numbers for 2016 and surely these numbers cant be true?
4331 shooting victims
762 homicide

This place seems lawless and there seem to be so little talk about it. Is Americas way of dealing with places where there is no laws just pretend they dont exist? On average almost 12 shootings a day and more than 2 people get killed every day? I thought my hometown was a mess with 16 murder in 2016 and 30 murders in our whole state in Sweden.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-bloodiest-12-months-20-YEARS-Windy-City.html

 

[Thurisaz]

Googles gonna google.

 

[ripskater]

You will hear nothing from Obama and the liberal media about Chicago and the violence there. But if a thug from Ferguson attacks a store clerk and a cop and gets shot, Obama will hold press conference and it's all over the national media. Because it must have been racism.

 

[RockstarChris]

Lord Trump already responded to this and offered his kingly help in righting this lawlessness.

 

[Gervinho]

You will hear nothing from Obama and the liberal media about Chicago and the violence there. But if a thug from Ferguson attacks a store clerk and a cop and gets shot, Obama will hold press conference and it's all over the national media. Because it must have been racism.

The good people across the nation should make sure this is above politics. This is about right and wrong....these numbers for a western nation are horrific. But even if the politicians want to play games, the people living there should demand more and make sure everyone knows whats going on.

 

[BrianFantana]

The good people across the nation should make sure this is above politics. This is about right and wrong....these numbers for a western nation are horrific. But even if the politicians want to play games, the people living there should demand more and make sure everyone knows whats going on.

Hilarious. The Republican answer, with strong lobbying by the NRA, is, no shit: gun control doesn't work; the people need more guns to stop all the gun violence.

Guns = violence, but guns + guns = less violence.

It's simple calculus, really.

 

[ripskater]

The good people across the nation should make sure this is above politics. This is about right and wrong....these numbers for a western nation are horrific. But even if the politicians want to play games, the people living there should demand more and make sure everyone knows whats going on.

The truth is that to the race baiters like Obama, the hundreds of black lives that are murdered by other blacks don't get the same level of attention

 

[Gervinho]

Hilarious. The Republican answer, with strong lobbying by the NRA, is, no shit: gun control doesn't work; the people need more guns to stop all the gun violence.

Guns = violence, but guns + guns = less violence.

It's simple calculus, really.

Well their idea is we cant protect you. But we will give you a fighting chance by arming you. The bad guy has already guns.

 

[ValidArmani]

You will hear nothing from Obama and the liberal media about Chicago and the violence there. But if a thug from Ferguson attacks a store clerk and a cop and gets shot, Obama will hold press conference and it's all over the national media. Because it must have been racism.

The left doesn't care about black lives but they sure like to manipulate the black victim complex/mentality so they can get black votes.

 

[Big_Chief_Stove]

Just seen the numbers for 2016 and surely these numbers cant be true?
4331 shooting victims
762 homicide

This place seems lawless and there seem to be so little talk about it. Is Americas way of dealing with places where there is no laws just pretend they dont exist? On average almost 12 shootings a day and more than 2 people get killed every day? I thought my hometown was a mess with 16 murder in 2016 and 30 murders in our whole state in Sweden.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-bloodiest-12-months-20-YEARS-Windy-City.html

Chicago has laws, actually more than some other areas as it's a gun free city....that's right gun free.

 

[MusterX]

Just seen the numbers for 2016 and surely these numbers cant be true?
4331 shooting victims
762 homicide

This place seems lawless and there seem to be so little talk about it. Is Americas way of dealing with places where there is no laws just pretend they dont exist? On average almost 12 shootings a day and more than 2 people get killed every day? I thought my hometown was a mess with 16 murder in 2016 and 30 murders in our whole state in Sweden.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-bloodiest-12-months-20-YEARS-Windy-City.html

Been that way for years as far as I know. Are you just now finding out Chicago is a mad house as far as shootings go?

 

[Gervinho]

Been that way for years as far as I know. Are you just now finding out Chicago is a mad house as far as shootings go?

No, but this year seems worse. Things are actually getting worse and there is little coverage about it.

 

[ripskater]

The left doesn't care about black lives but they sure like to manipulate the black victim complex/mentality so they can get black votes.

Bingo, That's what it's all about.

 

[BrianFantana]

Well their idea is we cant protect you. But we will give you a fighting chance by arming you. The bad guy has already guns.

Oh, I know what the idea is. The idea hasn't worked for two centuries, but they keep clinging to the notion it will work. The US has over 300 million guns, and the highest rate of gun violence anywhere in the world. The guns aren't protecting anyone to any significant degree.

But everyone knows that. They may be less familiar with what happened in Australia, after strict gun law reform was introduced in 1996 following a string of mass shootings: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2530362.

I will let anyone and everyone peruse that study (they will not) and offer pointed criticisms of same (charming, I know).

 

[Lord Commander Palis]

Just seen the numbers for 2016 and surely these numbers cant be true?
4331 shooting victims
762 homicide

This place seems lawless and there seem to be so little talk about it. Is Americas way of dealing with places where there is no laws just pretend they dont exist? On average almost 12 shootings a day and more than 2 people get killed every day? I thought my hometown was a mess with 16 murder in 2016 and 30 murders in our whole state in Sweden.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/art...-bloodiest-12-months-20-YEARS-Windy-City.html

Gun free.

Run by Liberal Democrats. GG

 

[DragRacer]

Well it's certainly odd that Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the country but has a staggeringly high body count. It's almost as if gangbangers don't care about the law.

Hilarious. The Republican answer, with strong lobbying by the NRA, is, no shit: gun control doesn't work; the people need more guns to stop all the gun violence.

Guns = violence, but guns + guns = less violence.

It's simple calculus, really.

 

[Lord Commander Palis]

Oh, I know what the idea is. The idea hasn't worked for two centuries, but they keep clinging to the notion it will work. The US has over 300 million guns, and the highest rate of gun violence anywhere in the world. The guns aren't protecting anyone to any significant degree.

But everyone knows that. They may be less familiar with what happened in Australia, after strict gun law reform was introduced in 1996 following a string of mass shootings: http://jamanetwork.com/journals/jama/fullarticle/2530362.

I will let anyone and everyone peruse that study (they will not) and offer pointed criticisms of same (charming, I know).

It's not a gun problem it's a people problem. It's a city run like shit with angered youth blacks doing about 99% of the violence on themselves.

 

[MusterX]

No, but this year seems worse. Things are actually getting worse and there is little coverage about it.

Yea it may be hitting a higher peak this year but its always really bad in Chicago. Just in the last 15 years here are some Chicago homicide numbers.

2000: 633[101]
2001: 667[101]
2002: 656[101]
2003: 601[101]
2004: 453[101]
2005: 602[101]
2006: 471[101]
2007: 448[101]
2008: 513[101]
2009: 459[101]
2010: 436[101]
2011: 435[101]
2012: 516[102]
2013: 441[32]
2014: 432[32]
2015: 492
2016: 762[103]
So basically, its been a shithole for shootings for a long time. You are saying the 762 should get their attention but I'm saying they should have been doing something about it 15 years ago when they had 633, 667, 656, and 601 to start the new century.

 

[Big_Chief_Stove]

Hilarious. The Republican answer, with strong lobbying by the NRA, is, no shit: gun control doesn't work; the people need more guns to stop all the gun violence.

Guns = violence, but guns + guns = less violence.

It's simple calculus, really.

Gun control does not work.... You've learned nothing from this social experiment.

 

[BrianFantana]

Well it's certainly odd that Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the country but has a staggeringly high body count. It's almost as if gangbangers don't care about the law.

Easy, Rush. Chicago is a short drive to a number of counties with very lax gun laws, which creates a void in the effectiveness of gun control as a policy.