32 Shot In 15 Hours In Chicago As Holiday Weekend Draws To Close

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  1. BladeOfGrass

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    Thirty-two people were shot in 15 hours between about noon on Monday and 3 a.m. on Tuesday to end the July 4th weekend, doubling the total number of gunshot victims from the three previous nights, according to police.
    Among the wounded were a 5-year-old girl and 7-year-old boy playing on an Englewood street and two adults who were nearby at the time, according to police.

    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-monday-afternoon-shootings-raise-holiday-toll-to-36-20160704-story.html
     
  2. TheGhost

    TheGhost Auuhhhhmm ...

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    Freedom is something wonderful to have.
     
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  3. ~Zen~

    ~Zen~ California Tripper Administrator

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    And some people still say there is no gun control problem, it is the people who need controlling.

    I say they have their heads up their asses.

    Guns need to be controlled. Seriously.

    You can't control people, but you can control an inanimate object that doesn't have a mind of its own.
     
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  4. Pressed_Rat

    Pressed_Rat Do you even lift, bruh?

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    There are so many illegal guns already in circulation that gun control will not do anything since these guns are illegal guns -- not guns which are purchased from a gun shop.
     
  5. soulcompromise

    soulcompromise Member HipForums Supporter

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    It seems like nothing will convince people that gun control is important. Take these guns off our streets!
     
  6. ~Zen~

    ~Zen~ California Tripper Administrator

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    I used to keep saying the same as Pressed Rat about the weapons being already out there...

    But I know what happened in Australia when they banned assault weapons. I was there and talked to locals about it in Queensland.

    Check it out.

    I believe peace, and education are the ultimate answer. Raising people securely so they don't live in fear is a good start to a new era.

    All these gun lovers are ultimately quite insecure in that they think the gun is their safety, their protection. They end up sleeping with their guns. It's a problem indeed with no simple solution as there has been decades of propaganda telling us we need to have guns.

    How do you fight that but with education?
     
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  7. Tyrsonswood

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    Make ammo illegal....

    Just a guess.


    But seriously, a lot of the gun owners are untrainable.
     
  8. Meliai

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    Guns are a part of the equation obviously, but in the case of Chicago there is also a huge poverty and gang problem. And a big problem with political corruption which compounds the poverty problem.
     
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  9. 6-eyed shaman

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    But Chicago has the strictest gun control laws in the country. So this wasn't supposed to happen, right? Right?
     
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    It cant be that hard to drive outside of Chicago and obtain a gun legally. Chicago isnt a bubble.
     
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  11. Terrapin2190

    Terrapin2190 I am nature.

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    I don't support gun control in the form of banning / recalling firearms, but people should be forced to take mandatory gun classes.

    What goes up must come down you dumb F$(@S.

    Neuton's Law.
     
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    Birth control would be a good start.. Bitches be making crotch fruit they cant support with no father figures..
    Is why lawful citizens need personal firearms and protection..
     
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  13. Bud D

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    Buy back programs, no questions asked.
     
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  14. Piney

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    The Chicago guns are all prob illegal.

    But gun control feels so good, lets enact the measure so we can all feel good ablunt ourselves.
     
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  15. Maccabee

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    If that's the case then why isn't the same in neighboring states with lax gun laws?
     
  16. Maccabee

    Maccabee Luke 22:35-38

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    How is safety classes or knowing how to shoot straight going to curb crime?
     
  17. Maccabee

    Maccabee Luke 22:35-38

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    And criminals will obey such a program? The ones that were already in place they only gave back the cruddy guns that don't work.
     
  18. Asmodean

    Asmodean Slo motion rider

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    Good gun control is also about bringing down the unneccesary amount of gun accidents that now occur in the US.
     
  19. Maccabee

    Maccabee Luke 22:35-38

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    Which is only about 600 deaths per year. WAY less than the 32,000 deaths from cars.
     
  20. Asmodean

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    Still 600 too many I would say, especially if you can prevent a lot of those simply with some education.
     
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