Whitney Tipton on April 8, 2019
Chicago saw a spike in gun crime over the weekend, with 24 shootings and five murders reported, including a disturbance at a baby shower that left one child critically wounded.
The incidents took place from 6 p.m. Friday through Sunday evening, as reported by CNN and confirmed by the Chicago Police Department. It is an increase from the same time last year, when police reported 18 shootings and four murders over the same period.
The baby shower shooting occurred Saturday during a party in the front yard of an Englewood home. Two men approached the gathering and allegedly opened fire, wounding two children, one critically, The Chicago Sun-Times reported. Both were reported to be in stable condition. The shooters fled on foot, according to the police, and the matter is under investigation.
“Cooperation has been very limited with detectives, and based on victim profiles we suspect this could have been a possible retaliatory shooting from an earlier incident that stemmed from an ongoing gang conflict in that neighborhood,” said police spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.
Mayor-elect Lori Lightfoot is “heartbroken” about the incident, according to a tweet she posted. Lightfoot had predicted the warmer weather would lead to a rise in violent crime, saying she would wait to evaluate police Superintendent Eddie Johnson until the summer season is over.
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Thought the new Governor would stopped it by now
Thought the new Governor would stopped it by now
78-year-old man shot one of three strangers who were trying to break into his Northwest Side home using a crowbar Monday night, police said.
The man heard noises made by three male suspects who were trying to break through his front door shortly after 9 p.m. in the 2600 block of North Merrimac Avenue in the Belmont Central neighborhood, police said.
The man fired a gun through the screen door, apparently hitting one of the suspects in the shoulder. They all fled.
The other two suspects got into a red Dodge Caravan and left, police said.
No arrests had been made, and police said they had not identified the man who the homeowner shot.
The homeowner has a valid FOID card and is not currently facing any criminal charges, a police source said.
You can all speculate on who the perpetrators were in this incident. If it turns out they were all black would that be racist? Perhaps, however this is a daily occurrence in the Chicagoland Area and the majority of perps turn out to be of African American descent.
This man would have been assaulted or worse without the means to protect himself. 2nd Amendment Rights are absolutely necessary and need to be protected at all costs.
Guns are not bad or good. They are simply a tool. How they are used is the real issue. Over 99.5% of all guns are never used in a crime. Depending on the study and the standards they used, 4 different universitys reported that 400,000 to 1.1 million times a year guns are used for protection from the threat of murder or serious injury to innocent civilians. (this does not include police, security personnel or the military) If you think the police can protect you and your family, don’t buy a gun. As a retired police officer, I know the police will investigate your homicide but rarely arrive in time to prevent it. Therefore, myself, my wife and 3 grown daughters have firearms and we know how to use them. Most schools are “Gun Free Zones”, but then again they are also “Drug Free Zones”. Both programs are useless!
Guns are not bad or good. They are simply a tool. How they are used is the real issue. Over 99.5% of all guns are never used in a crime. Depending on the study and the standards they used, 4 different universitys reported that 400,000 to 1.1 million times a year guns are used for protection from the threat of murder or serious injury to innocent civilians. (this does not include police, security personnel or the military) If you think the police can protect you and your family, don’t buy a gun. As a retired police officer, I know the police will investigate your homicide but rarely arrive in time to prevent it. Therefore, myself, my wife and 3 grown daughters have firearms and we know how to use them. Most schools are “Gun Free Zones”, but then again they are also “Drug Free Zones”. Both programs are useless!
….thank goodness for gun control.!..and a wonderful AG who has her priorities in order…a few murders here and there is not nearly as important as freeing the black supremacist smollett so that he can continue HIS hoaxes and racism…but never fear, the new deviant mayor will definitely take care of things after the summer…
When God and His WORD is rejected the door to man’s heart is open for the wicked one to enter in to take up residence… This is why you see the liberal’s communities crime rate much higher compared to the Christian’s communities… You will also see more trash thrown in the streets and on sidewalk, more abortions and homosexual activity as well…
Apart from Christ: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it (Jeremiah 17:9)?
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left (Ecclesiastes 10:2). And this is why I don’t live in Chicago.
When God and His WORD is rejected the door to man’s heart is open for the wicked one to enter in to take up residence… This is why you see the liberal’s communities crime rate much higher compared to the Christian’s communities… You will also see more trash thrown in the streets and on sidewalk, more abortions and homosexual activity as well…
Apart from Christ: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it (Jeremiah 17:9)?
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left (Ecclesiastes 10:2). And this is why I don’t live in Chicago.
When God and His WORD is rejected the door to man’s heart is open for the wicked one to enter in to take up residence… This is why you see the liberal’s communities crime rate much higher compared to the Christian’s communities… You will also see more trash thrown in the streets and on sidewalk, more abortions and homosexual activity as well…
Apart from Christ: The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it (Jeremiah 17:9)?
A wise man’s heart is at his right hand; but a fool’s heart at his left (Ecclesiastes 10:2). And this is why I don’t live in Chicago.
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Gun control is hitting center mass 10/10 times in a row from at least 30 yards from a 10 round (or more) magazine by a trained, licensed gun owner.
IF people could somehow manage to follow the 10 Commandments – the entire world would be a great place to live. Instead we ignore the 10 Commandments and fight over establishing a bunch of our own USELESS laws,
IF people could somehow manage to follow the 10 Commandments – the entire world would be a great place to live. Instead we ignore the 10 Commandments and fight over establishing a bunch of our own USELESS laws,
Ranting about gun control sends a tingle up the leg of their supporters so Democrats rant about it – for VOTES! The reality is – there is NOT a damned thing they can do about it. OUR government has been in a “war” against Illegal drugs for over 60 years. There are far more illegal and dangerous drugs on the streets today than when they started this “:war”. OUR government CANNOT round up a few million ILLEGALS – so how the hell do they think they can round up a few hundred million guns? Besides – if they could somehow magically melt down every gun in the country by tonight – by tomorrow night there would be truck loads of ILLEGAL guns for sale all over the country. The ILLEGAL guns are actually here already – Ghost guns – with no serial numbers or manufacturers markings on them at all – they are pretty much untraceable. Also there is another report of a man arrested in D.C. – he planned to murder a lot of people with a large rented truck. Another method favored by terrorist. There was a guy in California a week or so ago who broke into someones home – he was met by an irate homeowner armed with a baseball bat who proceeded to beat the s**t out of him. It was uncertain at that time whether or not the guy would live. There have ben record amounts of Fentanyl seized by government agencies this year alone – an amount of Fentanyl comparable to a few grains of salt is enough to kill a person. They have seized hundreds of pounds of this crap – but – how much more made it thru?
Since Bobby Rush just stated that “the police are the sworn enemies of black people”, the Chicago cops may ignore this and take some deserved time off. Chicago — Be careful when you get what you wish for!
Since Bobby Rush just stated that “the police are the sworn enemies of black people”, the Chicago cops may ignore this and take some deserved time off. Chicago — Be careful when you get what you wish for!
I guess the Natives were “RESTLESS!”
…same szchiddt was going on when I visited in 1985..this isn’t “news”…it’s a WAY OF LIFE…
…same szchiddt was going on when I visited in 1985..this isn’t “news”…it’s a WAY OF LIFE…
Spend money on an investigation? What? Isn’t that what the cops did to Jussie and look what that got them – nothing. Just collect the money and let them go. Kind of like having a Monopoly ‘Get Out Of Jail Free’ card. If they don’t cooperate then investigate. “If the glove doesn’t fit you must acquit.”
This would help, but you can not spend anything on investigation or you will lose money.
This would help, but you can not spend anything on investigation or you will lose money.
Actually charge them with a crime, collect the bail money, release them, and keep the money. Oh, and a couple of hours of community service. Oh, wait! That’s been done with Jussie Smollett. OK, just keep up the good work.
If the State’s Attorney would just dismiss all the charges, the Crime rate would fall.
If the State’s Attorney would just dismiss all the charges, the Crime rate would fall.
“A sword never kills anybody; it is a tool in the killer’s hand.”
― Seneca
If guns never existed, there would still be murders in Chicago and elsewhere. They would use knives, rocks and clubs like they always have starting with Cane and Able. It is not the fault of the tool. It is the fault of the person doing the crime. I don’t hear anyone calling for a ban on crowbars to prevent burglaries.
If guns never existed, there would still be murders in Chicago and elsewhere. They would use knives, rocks and clubs like they always have starting with Cane and Able. It is not the fault of the tool. It is the fault of the person doing the crime. I don’t hear anyone calling for a ban on crowbars to prevent burglaries.
Media serves whoever is in office! Quit blaming Democrats. ..Republicans….now there is an ongoing story!
And the media never cover the hypocrisy of democrats gun control agenda. Granted, the media is all in with the democrats excuses giving them easy deflections.
And the media never cover the hypocrisy of democrats gun control agenda. Granted, the media is all in with the democrats excuses giving them easy deflections.
Have to serve some harsh reality to go along with the hamburger and fries on the leftists’ plates. We all know (whether we choose to admit it or not), that the gun-control laws do NOT work. Innocent people are left unprotected, while criminals and thugs are going to get their guns , one way or another. Martial law being declared, is a very strong possibility. Our southern border has an emergency with the illegal invasion of thousands upon thousands with no end in sight, and city law enforcement agencies are unable to keep public order and safety (ex.: Chicago).
Question: Who has all the guns?
Answer: According to the nightly news, it seems that it’s always the blacks.
Question #2: Who has all the drugs?
Answer: Blacks (Most crimes are committed by blacks who are on drugs).
Question #3: Who are the rich politicians?
Answer: Obama, John Lewis, Maxine Waters, Corey Booker, Kamala Harris, and many, many others. They got rich after they became politicians.
Question #4: Who changed the Bible around?
Answer: Nobody! The Bible has never been changed.
Question #5: Who took and administered drugs from Mexico?
Answer: The US didn’t TAKE drugs from Mexico, they’re being illegally brought into the US and sorry to say, most of our young people of ALL races are the ones dying from them.
Question #6: Who teaches inaccurate history?
Answer: Professors in our colleges are feeding socialism to our young people who believe socialism will give them FREE everything. They need to also teach them about what is happening to Venezuela, a SOCIALIST country. Then let the students decide for themselves if that is what they really want their future to look like.
Question: Who has all the guns?
Answer: According to the nightly news, it seems that it’s always the blacks.
Question #2: Who has all the drugs?
Answer: Blacks (Most crimes are committed by blacks who are on drugs).
Question #3: Who are the rich politicians?
Answer: Obama, John Lewis, Maxine Waters, Corey Booker, Kamala Harris, and many, many others. They got rich after they became politicians.
Question #4: Who changed the Bible around?
Answer: Nobody! The Bible has never been changed.
Question #5: Who took and administered drugs from Mexico?
Answer: The US didn’t TAKE drugs from Mexico, they’re being illegally brought into the US and sorry to say, most of our young people of ALL races are the ones dying from them.
Question #6: Who teaches inaccurate history?
Answer: Professors in our colleges are feeding socialism to our young people who believe socialism will give them FREE everything. They need to also teach them about what is happening to Venezuela, a SOCIALIST country. Then let the students decide for themselves if that is what they really want their future to look like.
You always cry racist when you know someone is right! That’s all you’ve got . You must be one who is from a broken home, have no father or don’t even know who you’re father is. It is DEFINITELY a cultural problem.
Racist again….who has all the guns drugs and rich politicians? Who changed the bible around, who took credit for black inventions, who took and administer drugs from Mexico, who teaches inaccurate history, who destroyed the infustructure of contrives all over the world? Please say black so we can prove what a racist you are!
Racist again….who has all the guns drugs and rich politicians? Who changed the bible around, who took credit for black inventions, who took and administer drugs from Mexico, who teaches inaccurate history, who destroyed the infustructure of contrives all over the world? Please say black so we can prove what a racist you are!
You’re absolutely right. It is a cultural control problem. Most crimes are committed buy blacks and I’d wager to say that they probably are either from a broken home, from a home without a father, or from a home where they have no idea who their father is.
It’s not a gun control problem but a culture control problem.
It’s a fact, out of control black youths in Chicago are roaming the streets in large numbers assaulting people at will for no damn reason. Call it whatever you want but Racist is not one of them.
The American Mogadishu. That’s a gun free city also. Except for the bad guys of course.
You can call me a racist all you want but I have one question to ask you. Why are blacks killing other blacks? They’re killing each other off! Watch the local nightly news sometime and you’ll get an eye full of whats happening in black communities and you’ll also get an education.
You can call me a racist all you want but I have one question to ask you. Why are blacks killing other blacks? They’re killing each other off! Watch the local nightly news sometime and you’ll get an eye full of whats happening in black communities and you’ll also get an education.
Racist!
It seems like Atlanta is a close second to Chicago in murders and crimes, especially in DeKalb county! There isn’t a day when I turn on the news and all I hear are more shootings, stabbings, robberies, and car thefts and they all seem to be happening in DeKalb county. Unfortunately, the people committing these crimes are always blacks and they’re never caught. It’s gotten so that I don’t even want to watch the local news anymore because it is too depressing.
It seems like Atlanta is a close second to Chicago in murders and crimes, especially in DeKalb county! There isn’t a day when I turn on the news and all I hear are more shootings, stabbings, robberies, and car thefts and they all seem to be happening in DeKalb county. Unfortunately, the people committing these crimes are always blacks and they’re never caught. It’s gotten so that I don’t even want to watch the local news anymore because it is too depressing.
Let’s be fair! Other democrat controlled cities are giving Chicago a run for their money. Kelly in Arizona is hoping to ride his anti-constitution message into the Senate.
Chicago is the murder capitol of the US, and has been for a LONG time ! It has NOTHING to do with Gun Laws, and EVERYTHING to do with CRIMINALS being able to easily get guns, UNLAWFULLY. When Law abiding citizens can’t get guns, CRIMINALS will always have
them !
Chicago is the murder capitol of the US, and has been for a LONG time ! It has NOTHING to do with Gun Laws, and EVERYTHING to do with CRIMINALS being able to easily get guns, UNLAWFULLY. When Law abiding citizens can’t get guns, CRIMINALS will always have
them !