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40 shot. 6 killed in Chicago over mem weekend. (Original Post) Demovictory9 May 2022 OP
The the vast majority of victims of the 2nd Amendment have no rights.... OAITW r.2.0 May 2022 #1
Right wing use Chicago as an excuse IbogaProject May 2022 #2
23 killed in Uvalde, Texas, Many others injured. brush May 2022 #3
They act like chicago victims of.gun violence.dont count Demovictory9 May 2022 #4
All thanks to lax gun laws in Indiana. roamer65 May 2022 #5
I'd say Zeitghost May 2022 #6
If they didn't have access to guns and ammo what would they use? Frasier Balzov May 2022 #9
Any banning of assault weapons likely wouldn't have prevented any of them MichMan May 2022 #7
Can't kill as many so quickly with handguns. brush May 2022 #8

OAITW r.2.0

(24,465 posts)
1. The the vast majority of victims of the 2nd Amendment have no rights....
Mon May 30, 2022, 10:20 PM
May 2022

To pursue Life, Liberty, and Happiness.

IbogaProject

(2,811 posts)
2. Right wing use Chicago as an excuse
Mon May 30, 2022, 10:36 PM
May 2022

For more guns and how gun control supposedly doesn't work. Even though the gun violence rates are inverse w the gun laws.

brush

(53,771 posts)
3. 23 killed in Uvalde, Texas, Many others injured.
Mon May 30, 2022, 10:56 PM
May 2022

The right loves to throw up Chicago, with no mention of other cities gun victims, or Chicago's anti-gun regulations, or the constant flow of guns from neighbor red states with little gun restrictions.

MichMan

(11,915 posts)
7. Any banning of assault weapons likely wouldn't have prevented any of them
Tue May 31, 2022, 12:24 AM
May 2022

I would guess it was handguns that were used

brush

(53,771 posts)
8. Can't kill as many so quickly with handguns.
Tue May 31, 2022, 12:35 AM
May 2022

And maybe LEOs on the scene would be more competent than the Uvalde ones and would act to stop the slaughter.

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