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You’re missing the part where he favors the terrorists
His theory is that we need more vigorous gun control laws in this country in order to fight against the scourge of global warming which leads directly to increased workplace violence.
Other flaw – apparently gun control won’t slow a speeding truck. Who knew?
Narrowly focusing on the means lets you off the hook for dealing with the reasons for their use to begin with.
“Breaking: Yet another gun-involved shooting in Chicago!”
“Oh, no! Who did it?”
“Um, in other news . . . .”
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Chicago Crosses 2,000 Shooting Victims This Year
CNN | 7/5/16 | John Newsome
A war among criminals rages on in America’s third-largest city, with innocent residents caught in the crossfire. Over the holiday weekend, Chicago passed an ominous threshold: So far in 2016, 2,000 people have been victims of gun violence. In all of last year, 2,988 people were victims of gun violence, according to records kept by The Chicago Tribune.
The ‘Ferguson Effect’ Is Destroying Chicago
NY Post | July 9. 2016 | Heather Mac Donald
Violence in Chicago is reaching epidemic proportions. In the first five months of 2016, someone was shot every 2 1/2 hours and someone murdered every 14 hours, for a total of nearly 1,400 nonfatal shooting victims and 240 fatalities. Over Memorial Day weekend, 69 people were shot, nearly one per hour, dwarfing the previous year’s tally of 53 shootings over the same period.
Shotguns To Be Removed From Chicago Police
Second City Cop Blog | 7/14/2016
“Bye Bye Shotguns? An interesting missive out of the Chief of Patrol’s Office this week:
“Commencing the week of 18 July 2016 through 22 July 2016, there will be a District shotgun and ammunition turn-in. The purpose of this weapon turn-in is to collect the shotguns, reconcile the inventory and later repurpose the weapons if necessary.
“There’s an attached matrix for every district and unit to bring the shotguns in — and the Districts may not get them back. One of the more versatile weapons in the Department inventory is being removed from circulation, possibly forever.
“Question – Why? And why now?”