Cook County commissioner unveils plan to end gun violence

austintalks.org ^ | 6/7/2015 | T.J. Kremer III

[rktman]

His seven-point plan includes:

parenting workshops,

strict enforcement of curfew laws,

expansion of drug courts and other therapeutic court models,

broader use of sheriff’s deputies in high-crime areas,

stiffer penalties for people illegally in possession of firearms, and an expansion of gun buy-back programs, and

job training and a real jobs program for areas with high levels of violence, unemployment and poverty.

[rktman]

Whew. FINALLY a commonsense approach to putting a stop to this once and for all. Bwaahahahahah! Yeah, that'll work. Fookin' idjits.

[Responsibility2nd]

All they need to get started is just 15 million in taxpayer dollars to fund these “great ideas.”

Its for the chillren dontcha know.

[circlecity]

Some of these proposals are reasonable and some are not. The gun buy back programs and the “job training” programs have never been effective. We already have a job training program it’s called High School.

[2banana]

Conservative Answer to Gun Violence:

1. Bring back fathers

2. Put the criminals in jail

3. Allow the law abiding to own a gun and defend themselves

4. Make work noble

[Buckeye McFrog]

he forgot to mention the midnight basketball

[proxy_user]

Doing something is better than doing nothing, but he is highly unlikely to get his money’s worth.

[rktman]

Ruh Roh!

“3. Allow the law abiding to own a gun and defend themselves”.

I think we’re already “allowed” this option. Well, supposedly anyway.

[Paulie]

How about walking the beat to get these gangbangers back to Church, worshiping God? How about the parents do the unthinkable and do some parenting?

These bureaucrats will never admit it’s the Godlessness that causes the lion’s share of tragedy, not lack of taxpayer funded ‘programs’.

[anonsquared]

Can be summed up in one: Put Conservatives in charge of Cook County.

[rktman]

“parenting” is singular in most cases in the innercity these days.

[envisio]

Don’t forget the call for all criminals to assemble for a big group hug and free unicorn rides.

[Dilbert San Diego]

Is there any new idea to deal of the this?,,haven’t we been trying to deal with this for decades???

[Sooth2222]

"job training and a real jobs program for areas with high levels of violence, unemployment and poverty."

"In January 1964, Johnson declared “unconditional war on poverty in America.” Since then, the taxpayers have spent $22 trillion on Johnson's war."

Where, exactly, did that $22 trillion go?

[from occupied ga]

Let me guess without even reading it

1. More taxpayer funded programs and, of course,
2. more gun control

[2banana]

I think we’re already “allowed” this option. Well, supposedly anyway.

Chicago basically bans the law abiding from owning/carrying firearms.

[mrs ippi]

Its all about culture and immorality of the heathen class. I would move out then fence it off and air drop guns in.

[catnipman]

They forgot midnight basketball.

[Old Sarge]

Okay, so:

parenting workshops

Feels good;

strict enforcement of curfew laws

So long as that includes arrests...

expansion of drug courts and other therapeutic court models

More bureaucracies...

broader use of sheriff’s deputies in high-crime areas,

FINALLY: more beat cops (who also could become cannon fodder)

stiffer penalties for people illegally in possession of firearms

SHAZAM!

an expansion of gun buy-back programs, and

Like THAT'S never been tried before

job training and a real jobs program for areas with high levels of violence, unemployment and poverty.

Ah, the State-Department-Chick-With-Goggles ploy!

[vette6387]

” he is highly unlikely to get his money’s worth.”

But that’s the real point, he has to get more taxpayer dollars to the people whom he pays to stay in office.

[rktman]

ergo; “gun violence” is virtually unheard of in the windy city. :>}