Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

Skip to comments.

Just another usual weekend in the gun free zone of Chicago
Hotair ^ | 07/20/2014 | Jazz Shaw

Posted on 07/20/2014 5:41:51 PM PDT by SeekAndFind

So… how’s that whole gun free zone thing in Chicago working out? Even though they came close to setting a new record over the 4th of July, things in the Windy City aren’t slowing down much. The toll just for Friday afternoon through Saturday morning was impressive in a pretty horrid way.

A 10-year-old girl was shot in the head and critically injured by a stray bullet fired into her home in the Garfield Park neighborhood Friday afternoon, authorities said.

The girl, and another 12-year-old shot in the same neighborhood, are among 22 people shot between about 3:30 p.m. and 3 a.m.

The 10-year-old was shot in the head in the 3900 block of West Gladys Avenue about 9:35 p.m., said Police News Affairs Officer Amina Greer. The girl was taken, initially in critical condition, to Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the Chicago Fire Department, and later was considered in extremely critical condition, according to police. Police said she was brain dead.

If you have the stomach for it, you have to click through to the complete story to get the full sense of just how bad things are. Various victims, singly or in groups of twos and threes, were intentionally attacked or simply caught in the crossfire as collateral damage. The violence ranged from those who died on the spot to “grazing wounds” which required minor treatment. One woman was described as having a non-life-threatening gunshot wound above her right eye. I’m not entirely sure how a shot above the eye winds up being “non-life-threatening” but I’m glad she’s going to be okay.

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


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Illinois
KEYWORDS: chicago; gunfreezone; shooting
Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021 next last

1 posted on 07/20/2014 5:41:52 PM PDT by SeekAndFind
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Chicago Chicago that toddlin’ town!


2 posted on 07/20/2014 5:45:53 PM PDT by Lurker (Violence is rarely the answer. But when it is it is the only answer.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

So how does Chicago enforce gun-free zones in the first place? That’s probably the 1 million dollar question right there!


3 posted on 07/20/2014 5:47:12 PM PDT by Morpheus2009
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

“A 10-year-old girl was shot in the head and critically injured by a stray bullet fired into her home”

Now how can a bullet be “stray” if it was fired into her home? Got to love todays Journalists.


4 posted on 07/20/2014 5:49:07 PM PDT by Parley Baer
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

Chicago - the jewel of left wing liberalism.


5 posted on 07/20/2014 5:51:46 PM PDT by Blood of Tyrants (The cure has become worse than the disease. Support an end to the WOD now.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
how's that Stop Snitchin working out for ya you chickenheads you...


6 posted on 07/20/2014 5:53:32 PM PDT by Chode (Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -vvv- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Morpheus2009
So how does Chicago enforce gun-free zones in the first place? That’s probably the 1 million dollar question right there!

Badly.

Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
(Keep the Faith, my friends! We are the saviors of the Republic! Now and Forever!)

LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)

7 posted on 07/20/2014 5:58:35 PM PDT by LonePalm (Commander and Chef)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

As was stated 46 years ago in a LIFE or LOOK article about crime, the police said it was “Just n**ggers cutting up.” and would not respond.


8 posted on 07/20/2014 5:59:44 PM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need more than seven rounds, Much more.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

That poor child, Chi-town seems to be in melt down mode. RIP little girl.


9 posted on 07/20/2014 6:00:16 PM PDT by jocon307
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Lurker
Chicago Chicago that toddlin’ town!

Each time I roam, Chicago is calling me home.

10 posted on 07/20/2014 6:08:01 PM PDT by Mark17 (Obama & Nero? Both Emperors. The difference is Nero plays a fiddle, while Obama plays Minnesota Fats)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind
And in my downstate town where cars without NRA stickers stand out and the sheriff helped get concealed carry on the ballot, nothing happened.
11 posted on 07/20/2014 6:15:20 PM PDT by CrazyIvan (I lost my phased plasma rifle in a tragic hovercraft accident.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: Morpheus2009

The cops are afraid to go in some parts of the city.


12 posted on 07/20/2014 6:27:50 PM PDT by SeaHawkFan
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 3 | View Replies]

To: CrazyIvan

In my town where concealed and open carry are common. .... Nothing happen this weekend.


13 posted on 07/20/2014 6:36:01 PM PDT by ThunderSleeps (Stop obarma now! Stop the hussein - insane agenda!)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 11 | View Replies]

To: Lurker

How many more babies have to die before Emmanuel does something about gangs?


14 posted on 07/20/2014 6:38:20 PM PDT by School of Rational Thought
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 2 | View Replies]

To: School of Rational Thought

He can’t because they are city employees. They do the dirty work that the Chicago Police can’t do in public.


15 posted on 07/20/2014 7:01:20 PM PDT by RetiredTexasVet (Could Warren Buffet's oil trains be considered mobile Jihadist weapons of mass distruction?)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 14 | View Replies]

To: SeaHawkFan

And sometimes the firemen are shot.


16 posted on 07/20/2014 7:13:35 PM PDT by <1/1,000,000th%
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 12 | View Replies]

To: Ruy Dias de Bivar
As was stated 46 years ago in a LIFE or LOOK article about crime, the police said it was “Just n**ggers cutting up.” and would not respond.

Now they call it "community policing".

17 posted on 07/20/2014 8:43:49 PM PDT by lightman (O Lord, save Thy people and bless Thine inheritance, giving to Thy Church vict'ry o'er Her enemies.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 8 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

By noon today the Chicago City Council will pass a new “toughest in the nation” gun control law and pose for the photo op after a long lunch.


18 posted on 07/21/2014 5:43:44 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is lies.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]

To: jmaroneps37

How true. All a law does is give permission for the cops to arrest a person. It does not stop a person from doing what they do.

Want a gun in Chicago? flash some cash in the right areas and a gun will appear to be sold to you.
All a tougher law can do is give the cops more permission to arrest you if you do buy one. It cannot stop you from buying one.

Laws only work if YOU fear the cops using the law to arrest you. Otherwise the law is dead. Chicago is overwhelmed. The cops cannot keep up.


19 posted on 07/21/2014 8:40:30 AM PDT by Ruy Dias de Bivar (Sometimes you need more than seven rounds, Much more.)
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 18 | View Replies]

To: SeekAndFind

The real life version of “The Purge.”


20 posted on 07/21/2014 8:44:20 AM PDT by dfwgator
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 1 | View Replies]


Navigation: use the links below to view more comments.
first 1-2021 next last

Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson