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Feds beef up response to gun violence in Chicago
Chicago Tribune ^ | 17 july 2014 | Jason Meisner and Timothy M. Phelps

Posted on 07/17/2014 6:08:43 AM PDT by rellimpank

Two weeks after Chicago's rampant gun violence shot back into the national spotlight with a bloody Fourth of July weekend, federal authorities are scheduled to announce Thursday that seven new ATF agents are being deployed to the city to try to help stem the violence.

By year end, the move will boost to 52 the number of agents in the Chicago office of the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, which traditionally has worked closely with Chicago police on tracing the flow of guns into the city and tracking guns used in crimes.

In a separate action, the FBI recently reassigned 20 more agents for the summer to its violent crime unit in Chicago, putting about 120 FBI agents in all on the frontline of the high-profile fight against gangs and guns.

“The Department of Justice will continue to do everything in its power to help the city of Chicago combat gun violence,” U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder said in a statement. “These new agents are a sign of the federal government's ongoing commitment to helping local leaders ensure Chicago's streets are safe.”

(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: atf; banglist; chicago; chicagocrime; chicagomurders; fbi; feds; gangs; gangviolence; rkba
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To: Buckeye McFrog

U.S. foreclosures fall, but on rise in Chicago

http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/breaking/chi-foreclosures-chicago-20140716,0,1686856.story


21 posted on 07/17/2014 7:02:08 AM PDT by KeyLargo
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To: MrB

Hey, can’t disagree there. The girls of today are far too willing to give things away to men with no strings attached.

Gee, might even start a trend here. Imagine a situation such as you mention, which might change people’s thinking about how they live their lives. It might even encourage people to think about settling down and centering their lives around married life. What a concept!!!!


22 posted on 07/17/2014 7:03:48 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

And men... well, the men would have to be “marriage worthy” before getting sex.

Imagine the change in society THAT would cause.


23 posted on 07/17/2014 7:12:12 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: Lazamataz
By assigning one ATF Agent per Gangsta, the ghetto utes will have a father figure who can improve their skill with firearms. Improved marksmanship could end the Chicago problem faster

BTW, The ATF has moved up the intelligence ladder. They are no longer the dumbest. That title now goes to TSA Agents, whom I believe are recruited from the lists of those who fail the ATF exam.

24 posted on 07/17/2014 7:18:16 AM PDT by Kenny Bunk (The GOP is dying. What do we do now?)
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To: MrB

Sounds interesting. Yes, imagine that the men would have to show the girls that they were marriage material. Imagine that the men would have to show they are working, that they are responsible citizens, not running with gangs, not in trouble with the law, etc.

We could see major good changes in society, if this happened. Basically, if men had to be responsible and behave themselves, and even get married, in order to have that deep female companionship in their lives, it might change the way a lot of people think.


25 posted on 07/17/2014 7:19:15 AM PDT by Dilbert San Diego (s)
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To: Spok

Tracing the flow —

Sounds like harassing the manufacturers and distributors, top down approach. Are any of your guns headed toward The Midwest, Illinois, Chicago?

Well STOP IT NOW, or we will.


26 posted on 07/17/2014 7:19:54 AM PDT by Scrambler Bob
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To: Dilbert San Diego

Now, take the society that that produces, and that we once had,

and think in reverse - how would you destroy such a society and bring about what we have today...

congrats, you were just thinking like a “progressive”.


27 posted on 07/17/2014 7:21:01 AM PDT by MrB (The difference between a Humanist and a Satanist - the latter admits whom he's working for)
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To: rellimpank

What a joke. This situation was going on when I was in college and it has never gotten any better. You would think they would figure it out after so many years.


28 posted on 07/17/2014 7:48:37 AM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: rellimpank
WE'RE FROM THE GOVERNMENT AND WE'RE HERE TO HELP...


29 posted on 07/17/2014 7:50:20 AM PDT by Caipirabob (Communists... Socialists... Democrats...Traitors... Who can tell the difference?)
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To: rellimpank

.........anything short of re-locating all continuously un-employed black males under say 30 to boot camps in the SW Sun administered by REAL marines and that teach a trade to them is just NEVER going to produce peace and tranquility in Chicago!

If they won’t pick a trade and learn it, they can ccntinue to pound sand in the Arizona desert.

Un-employed, fatherless black males IS the problem and no amount of PC is going to change that!


30 posted on 07/17/2014 8:11:21 AM PDT by Cen-Tejas (it's the debt bomb stupid!)
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To: GOPJ

“The Chicago ‘powers that be’ need to talk to Detroit Police Chief James Craig... he’ll tell them how it’s done...”

Yes, but in addition, Chicago would have to fire that a$$hole from Massoftwo$hits who is their current Chief of Police. He’s a disgrace!


31 posted on 07/17/2014 8:24:40 AM PDT by vette6387
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To: vette6387
Yes, but in addition, Chicago would have to fire that a$$hole from Massoftwo$hits who is their current Chief of Police. He’s a disgrace!

A black Tea Party's forming on Chicago's South Side... maybe they can talk the city into dumping the Politically Correct but ineffective Chief of Police....

32 posted on 07/17/2014 10:53:15 AM PDT by GOPJ (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize-Voltaire)
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To: vette6387

http://pjmedia.com/tatler/2014/07/17/detroit-police-chief-credits-armed-homeowners-with-reducing-crime/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter


33 posted on 07/17/2014 10:57:38 AM PDT by GOPJ (To learn who rules over you, simply find out who you are not allowed to criticize-Voltaire)
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To: GOPJ

“A black Tea Party’s forming on Chicago’s South Side... maybe they can talk the city into dumping the Politically Correct but ineffective Chief of Police....”

Good move! Blacks need to get off the RAT Plantation and turn around their lives and their thinking. Unfortunately, there’s a lot of inertia in the Black Community. They have gotten way too used to handouts, unprotected sex with those to whom they are not married, and joblessness due to lack of marketable skills. The men need to pull their pants up to cover the crack of their asses and start trying to make something of their lives.


34 posted on 07/17/2014 1:33:35 PM PDT by vette6387
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