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    Default Not even a "bad" weekend for Chicago

    https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2...lence-homicide

    "Twenty-three people have been shot, six fatally, across Chicago since Friday evening.

    Two teenagers were killed and another was critically wounded in separate attacks over the weekend. Another shooting early Sunday left a man dead and two others critically injured in a Grand Crossing apartment building hallway.

    The weekend’s gun violence was deadlier than last weekend, when five were killed and 25 others wounded between 5 p.m. Friday and 5 a.m. Monday.

    Homicides
    In the latest fatal shooting, a 26-year-old woman was killed while driving Sunday night in Garfield Park on the West Side.

    Someone pulled up alongside the woman and fired shots at her about 11:10 p.m. as she was stopped at a red light in the 700 block of North Hamlin Avenue, Chicago police said.

    The woman was struck twice in the head and taken to Stroger Hospital, where she died, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office has not released her identity.

    A 14-year-old boy was killed in a shooting earlier Sunday evening in Belmont Central on the Northwest Side.

    About 6 p.m., the teen was in the 5900 block of West Fullerton Avenue when he suffered a gunshot wound to the body, Chicago police said.

    The teen was pronounced dead at the scene, police said. The Cook County medical examiner’s office hasn’t released details on the fatality.

    Early Sunday morning, a teenage girl was fatally shot in Lawndale on the West Side.

    Authorities responded about 4:20 a.m. to the 1200 block of South Kedvale Avenue and found the 17-year-old with a gunshot wound to her chest, police said.

    She was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where she was pronounced dead at 4:59 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner’s office.

    The girl was identified as Demyra Thornton of Oakland on the South Side, the medical examiner’s office said.

    Less than two hours before that shooting, three men were shot, one fatally, in an apartment building in Grand Crossing on the South Side.

    Someone opened fire about 2:50 a.m. in the fourth-floor hallway of the building in the 6400 block of South King Drive, Chicago police said.

    A 24-year-old was shot in the back and left side of his torso, while a 42-year-old was shot in the elbow and arm, police said. The third man, 20, was struck in the armpit and leg.

    They were taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, where the 42-year-old was pronounced dead, police said. The two other men were listed in critical condition.

    The man who died was identified as Mark Chalmers, the Cook County medical examiner’s office said.

    Saturday morning, a man was killed and another wounded in a Calumet Heights shooting on the South Side.

    They were on the sidewalk about 12:25 a.m. in the 9200 block of South Blackstone Avenue when someone opened fire, police said. A 32-year-old was shot in his chest and died at the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said. His name wasn’t immediately released. Another man, 31, was in critical condition.

    On Friday, a man was shot dead in Brainerd on the South Side. Ryan Oglesby, 30, was sitting in a vehicle about 5:45 p.m. in the 8900 block of South Racine Avenue when someone drove by in an SUV and fired shots, police and the Cook County medical examiner’s office said. He was shot in the head and taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he died."

    The mayor sucks.

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    So bring in gun control?
    Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
    So bring in gun control?
    Chicago/Illinois has stricter gun laws than most cities and states.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewkowski View Post
    Chicago/Illinois has stricter gun laws than most cities and states.
    And its homicide rate isn't high by US cities standards, it is lower than Houston Texas for instance.
    Quote Originally Posted by Ominous Gamer View Post
    ℬeing upset is understandable, but be upset at yourself for poor planning, not at the world by acting like a spoiled bitch during an interview.

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    Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
    And its homicide rate isn't high by US cities standards, it is lower than Houston Texas for instance.
    Houston does have the same cultural problem as Chicago. But you're right the Houston mayor is pretty shitty too (he's also a Democrat).

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lewkowski View Post
    We have an entire Covid thread.
    As long as we agree the Gov of Texas sucks.
    Quote Originally Posted by Lewkowski View Post
    Houston does have the same cultural problem as Chicago. But you're right the Houston mayor is pretty shitty too (he's also a Democrat).
    Did you know the Gov of Texas is a Republican?

    And he sucks.
    I could have had class. I could have been a contender.
    I could have been somebody. Instead of a bum
    Which is what I am

    I aim at the stars
    But sometimes I hit London

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    Lewk (The Teacher Troll) likes to talk about cultural problems that lead to gun violence. While ignoring/denying that the US is a culture that romanticizes -- and even glorifies -- guns, and gun violence. It's "patriotic", ya know, to take firearms to "peaceful" protests at state capitols, or even Capitol Hill.

    What's the point of banning open-carry when concealed-carry is still permitted?

    Sad anecdote: on Jan. 8th (the day before the Capitol riots) I got an email "reminder" that I could get a PA concealed-carry gun permit in just 30 minutes.....
    Last edited by GGT; 01-20-2021 at 01:54 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by GGT View Post


    What's the point of banning open-carry when concealed-carry is still permitted?
    You want to ban open-carry and concealed-carry? It is almost like you don't believe guns should be allowed to be used at all.

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