Posted on 07/22/2019 5:31:05 AM PDT by marktwain
On 14 July, 2019, there was one of the frequent shootings on Chicago's West Side, in the Austin Neighborhood. A 22-year-old was killed. Bullets also hit State Representative La Shawn Ford's car. Representative Ford (D-Chicago), has been ambivalent about concealed carry in the City. He has been a representative for the past 12 years. He ran for mayor in 2019 but lost the election. In 2011, he was ambivalent about a concealed carry permit bill. He eventually voted present rather than vote against it.
Representative Ford sponsored and passed a bill creating a Violence Prevention Task Force in 2013.
La Shawn Ford is a liberal democrat in Chicago. He favors more tax money going to Chicago from the State of Illinois, and from the Federal government. He thinks there are plenty of police in Chicago, and they should have more controls on what they do.
On the Mancow Show, on WLS, he said he is encouraging people in his neighborhood to obtain concealed carry licenses so they can defend themselves. From wlsam.com:
Ford tells The Mancow Show on WLS-AM 890 that he is encouraging his residents to arm themselves against the violence.
I think about it all the time, Ford said of the shootings that plague his community. Thats why Im working with a concealed carry instructor and were going to go through the neighborhood and were going to encourage people to get their concealed
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This morning foul mouth announced Ives will be running for Casten’s congressional seat. Like his show but Mancow’s schtick using slang terms close to being profanity lowers broadcasting standards and unneeded.
It appears La Shawn Ford is smarter than the average Urban politician.
Things arent always what they appear to be. Ford also says that Chicago has enough cops. It doesnt. He also wants more controls on the cops they do have even after the CPD leadership and the Mayor signed off on an insane consent decree with the State.
So while on this one particular issue Ford got things right. Blind squirrels and all that.
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Concealed carry has been legal in Ill-I-noiz for 5 years. The issue is you need to take a 16 hour class of combined class room and range time, usually costs around $150, and a $350 state fee. The license is valid for 5 years. The cost is pretty high for those of lower incomes with fixed incomes.
Progtard DildoCrat meets reality.
2 dead and 43 wounded by gunfire this weekend in Chicago. His neighborhood, Austin, leads the city this year, with 26 murders by gunshot, and is second for total shootings with 103.
True, the dead can vote in Chicago, but a politician still needs some live voters to carry the day. Cant win if your supporters keep offing themselves in greater numbers.
Not sure how much more control he wants on the Chicago Police Department since Mayor Lori Leadfoot has beaten them down into the fetal position.
Chicago probably has plenty of police bodies, in absolute numbers.
But the department is top-heavy with administrators, and politically-connected sash weights.
Beyond organizational dysfunction, the #1 problem is morale, since the Lightfoot administration is continuing the Emanuel approach of blaming the cops rather than the thugs.
Then, as you pointed out, there’s all of the extra paperwork caused by the “consent” decree, and other policies that force otherwise productive officers to do nothing but fill out forms.
I would reorganize the department before adding more officers.
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