Life has been lively in ObamaLand, with 22 people shot in multiple incidents, and no one in custody yet.
At least 22 people were wounded in separate shootings around the city roughly between noon Saturday and noon Sunday, including a man who died this morning after he was shot in the head, Chicago police said.
At a news conference this morning, Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis said that nearly half of the shootings appear to be gang-related, including the fatal incident. Weis added that at least two of the other victims have refused to cooperate with police, "which makes the job of our detectives ... far more difficult."
One of the shootings was particularly disturbing because one of the female victims was eight months pregnant, the superintendent said.
No one in custody for any of the incidents.
For those not familiar with Chicago, there is a strict hand-gun ban in place. Which means, of course, that law-abiding citizens who understandably don't wish to get sideways with the criminal justice system don't own handguns. And thugs, who care not a fig for the rule of anyone's law, do have them.
Hmmm....and if the armed thugs outnumber the police, and have the law-abiding types in the neighborhoods terrorized, what happens to the culture of the city?
Again, let's remember, this is the place from which President Obama rose to power. This is the culture and model of governance he knows. He steadfastly supports gun bans for the law-abiding.
Do we wish the Chicago model of governance, which produces this sort of outcome, exported to all fifty states, their counties, cities, and towns?
The map of Chicago murders for 2008:
And, as a reminder, Chicago has been run for decades by...
At a news conference this morning, Chicago Police Supt. Jody Weis said that nearly half of the shootings appear to be gang-related, including the fatal incident. Weis added that at least two of the other victims have refused to cooperate with police, "which makes the job of our detectives ... far more difficult."
One of the shootings was particularly disturbing because one of the female victims was eight months pregnant, the superintendent said.
No one in custody for any of the incidents.
For those not familiar with Chicago, there is a strict hand-gun ban in place. Which means, of course, that law-abiding citizens who understandably don't wish to get sideways with the criminal justice system don't own handguns. And thugs, who care not a fig for the rule of anyone's law, do have them.
Hmmm....and if the armed thugs outnumber the police, and have the law-abiding types in the neighborhoods terrorized, what happens to the culture of the city?
Again, let's remember, this is the place from which President Obama rose to power. This is the culture and model of governance he knows. He steadfastly supports gun bans for the law-abiding.
Do we wish the Chicago model of governance, which produces this sort of outcome, exported to all fifty states, their counties, cities, and towns?
The map of Chicago murders for 2008:
And, as a reminder, Chicago has been run for decades by...
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