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In reply to the discussion: At least 77 people shot in weekend violence in Chicago, including 17 in two mass shootings [View all]maxsolomon
(33,327 posts)3. What is there left to say?
It's summer, the lid's been taken off the Covid lockdowns, and Rude Boys have scores to settle and dominance displays to make. Guns make it ever so easy to prove one's manhood.
It won't stop; there are too many guns in too many hands and no laws left to curb access. Gunners use this stochastic violence to justify their own arsenals.
Sorry. wish I wasn't as cynical about this as I am.
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At least 77 people shot in weekend violence in Chicago, including 17 in two mass shootings [View all]
former9thward
Jun 2021
OP
Do those "some reports" also report that identified perpetrators are not arrested and prosecuted
StarfishSaver
Jun 2021
#31
I know Chicago. The majority of the gun violence here is gang related, and in certain parts of town.
Progressive Jones
Jun 2021
#13
The police in Chicago frequently remove problematic people from the streets.
Ace Rothstein
Jun 2021
#20
Chicago is STILL safer than a number of other US cities why is OP extrapolating it? tia
uponit7771
Jun 2021
#22