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Editorial: 2 young girls shot in Chicago: This has got to stop (barf alert)
Chicago Tribune ^ | 14 few 2017

Posted on 02/14/2017 9:00:40 AM PST by rellimpank

Two scenes in Chicago:

•Children playing basketball in a schoolyard suddenly scatter. Because it begins to rain or was time to go home? Yes, in most neighborhoods that's why children run with purpose. In parts of Chicago, children run from gunfire. They know the sound. They know they should duck. Kanari Gentry Bowers, 12 years old, is in a West Englewood elementary schoolyard with classmates early Saturday evening when they hear shots. Kanari knows to duck, her uncle says, but the kids scatter. Kanari is struck in the head by a bullet.

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


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: banglist; chicago; gangs; rkba
--while it's the usual hand-ringing, ending with "this has got to stop" several of the commenters correctly identify the overall problem---
1 posted on 02/14/2017 9:00:40 AM PST by rellimpank
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To: rellimpank

Exactly here is the little Tutu Godfather in all this ? I’m assuming everybody is glossing over his neglect of all this.


2 posted on 02/14/2017 9:02:24 AM PST by Gaffer
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To: rellimpank

Let me guess - without reading the article, it calls for more gun control.


3 posted on 02/14/2017 9:03:08 AM PST by from occupied ga (Your government is your most dangerous enemy)
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To: rellimpank

Now HOW can THIS be? Chicago has the toughest gun control laws in the world - yes siree they know how to stop guns from killing people - don’t they?


4 posted on 02/14/2017 9:04:27 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: rellimpank

Now HOW can THIS be? Chicago has the toughest gun control laws in the world - yes siree they know how to stop guns from killing people - don’t they?


5 posted on 02/14/2017 9:04:28 AM PST by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
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To: rellimpank

Did “gun violence” kidnap and torture that special needs white teen in Chicago about a month ago?


6 posted on 02/14/2017 9:07:17 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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To: from occupied ga

—no, it doesn’t-—it sort of throws up its hands—


7 posted on 02/14/2017 9:10:40 AM PST by rellimpank (--don't believe anything the media or government says about firearms or explosives--)
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To: rellimpank

If it has to stop——stop it.


8 posted on 02/14/2017 9:11:04 AM PST by sport
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To: rellimpank

In Chicago, voting DemoRat and shooting kids is pretty much the same thing.


9 posted on 02/14/2017 9:12:23 AM PST by Navy Patriot (America returns to the Rule of Law)
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To: from occupied ga

“Let me guess - without reading the article, it calls for more gun control.”

Chicago would be much safer if they just passed out guns to everyone. Once the gangbangers knew that everyone else was armed, they would realize that their number can come up too.


10 posted on 02/14/2017 9:13:19 AM PST by vette6387
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To: rellimpank

They’ve got to come together as a community and erase the hate - for the children. Going forward, they need a sustainable solution.


11 posted on 02/14/2017 9:17:46 AM PST by brucedickinson
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To: rellimpank
--while it's the usual hand-ringing, ending with "this has got to stop" several of the commenters correctly identify the overall problem---

Yeah, then they take steps to stop it and the same hand-wringers scream about that. It's no-win for the authorities.

12 posted on 02/14/2017 9:24:58 AM PST by JimRed ( TERM LIMITS, NOW! Building the Wall! TRUTH is the new HATE SPEECH.)
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To: rellimpank

Test city

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=13BahrdkMU8

Get those frikken criminals


13 posted on 02/14/2017 9:25:53 AM PST by PGalt (HOORAY President Donald J. Trump)
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To: jmaroneps37
Now HOW can THIS be? Chicago has the toughest gun control laws in the world -

I guess if one tells a big enough lie long enough, eventually they themselves begin to believe it.

Chicago's handgun laws were struck down as UNCONSTITUTIONAL more than 4 years ago now.

Please stop perpetuating the lie.

14 posted on 02/14/2017 9:29:05 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: from occupied ga

Swing and a miss.


15 posted on 02/14/2017 9:29:29 AM PST by skimbell
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To: usconservative

Stop perpetuating yours. You still must have a good to purchase. You still cannot carry under any circumstances without government approval.


16 posted on 02/14/2017 10:01:32 AM PST by Hugh the Scot ( Total War)
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To: Hugh the Scot
Get over yourself. You're perpetuating a lie. Knock it off. I'm not perpetuating ANYTHING.

You want to argue Constitutional Carry with me? No argument here.

No, I don't like "needing" an FOID card or a Conceal/Carry permit here in Illinois, however I comply with the law so I can defend myself and my family.

You'd do the same if you had to.

17 posted on 02/14/2017 10:06:57 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: usconservative

So you’re an expert on what I’d do now? What a bag of hot air and methane...

You’re claiming Chicago’s handgun laws have been removed. I’m proving that they have not. You don’t want to debate it? Then sod off, but don’t pretend you’re going to shout me down.


18 posted on 02/14/2017 10:16:34 AM PST by Hugh the Scot ( Total War)
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