Why don’t they go march and shut down some drug-dealing corners?
Oh, big brave protesters.
Aren't guns already illegal in Chicago?
Not sure how keeping innocent bystanders stuck in their cars on a summer Saturday is supposed to win over people to their cause, but, hey, these are liberals!
My favorite line from the story:
“Emanuel quickly fired back at the Illinois governor, tweeting that he should “delete” his account for criticizing the “peaceful” protest.”
Pro-life marchers should ask for the same access. When denied, sue the State.
Good. Shut it down everyday. They will get a response they might not like.
Would someone please explain to me what gun control has to getting these losers a job? Maybe if they would have actually applied themselves while in school they would have a job OR move to a city that outlaws guns where surely there are an abundance of jobs.
During record-low unemployment. Ever think of actually looking for a job?
How is the government supposed to create more jobs? Are they magicians? All the gov’t jobs around there already appear to be filled with people just like them. So what then? They’re going to continue shutting down highways and make Joe and Jill public suffer right along with them? I can’t believe the authorities are willing to give them “lanes” on a public highway. It’s for AUTOMOBILES and gets congested enough as it is I’m sure!
That he remains a "priest" is damning to the Catholic Church....when did they decide that there were many more important things than preaching the Gift of Christ on the Cross and what it meant for us all???
Isn’t Chicago nicknamed, “Mayberry”?
Funny how they have these marches in Chicago and Toronto but not in places like Vermont or New Hampshire or Maine or Montana or the Dakotas or Switzerland even.
The Governor tweets a criticism of a disruptive protest and the major tells him to delete his account? Typical leftist wanting to shut up his opponents.
I will start the argument. Literally insane or extremely unstable people are killing maybe-not-so-insane-or-unstable-people and they are using any means available. Fix the people or get them help and release after sanity returns or keep them under control but don’t blame guns for pulling their own triggers.
And speaking of Chicago: I will not ever visit Chicago or Detroit or any other “Sanctuary” city. Their murderous reputations are horrendous and they generally don’t honor concealed carry. I have a legal right to carry my gun and I will do so on my or our American citizen legal terms.
An old, old lady
*The clearance rate is a calculation of Total Homicide Suspects Charged/(Total Homicides – Police involved – Self Defense – Murder/Suicides). Regardless of how many people are charged in relation to a single homicide, it’s only counted as one suspect for calculation purposes. The rate has nothing to do with criminal proceedings and convictions (or lack thereof).
Normmal traffic essentially shuts that freeway down many days.
There may be a common denominator in gun crime in urban areas but I am not sure what it is:
“In 2014 in New York City, a black was 31 times more likely than a white to be arrested for murder, and a Hispanic was 12.4 times more likely.
For the crime of “shooting”—defined as firing a bullet that hits someone—a black was 98.4 times more likely than a white to be arrested, and a Hispanic was 23.6 times more likely.
If New York City were all white, the murder rate would drop by 91 percent, the robbery rate by 81 percent, and the shootings rate by 97 percent.
In an all-white Chicago, murder would decline 90 percent, rape by 81 percent, and robbery by 90 percent.”
They only did this because honest law abiding citizens are on the freeways. If they did this where it would matter like on the south side of chicago they would have been shot. pure safe meyhem , feel good, virtue signaling.
You can’t yell fire (when there is no fire) in a crowded theater and you can’t walk out on a high speed interstate …and call either free speech.
These protesters probably were members of gangs trying to keep victims from arming themselves.
The slide down this slippery slope started when BLM was enabled to block roads and entrances. There never was anything okay about blocking traffic and blocking access to buildings. I’m guessing nobody’s got the guts to stop it until lots of people die in a burning building (or something equally horrific) because roads or entrances were blocked.