Shooting in Chicago

[kev74]

96 shootings so far this month, with 18 people shot and killed. 3247 shootings so far this year with 566 shot and killed.

And not a peep from the liberal media, who report the killings when white people are involved but won't touch black on black killings.

 

[GOYABEAN]

96 shootings so far this month, with 18 people shot and killed. 3247 shootings so far this year with 566 shot and killed.

And not a peep from the liberal media, who report the killings when white people are involved but won't touch black on black killings.

It doesn't count

 

[kev74]

It doesn't count

Tell me again, what side is supposed to be racist?

 

[Jmac00]

ENJOY ~~~~

2017 Stats

p.s. During the 8 years of the Obama administration, more blacks were killed in Chicago than in the entire Vietnam war.

why Feinstein doesn't bring that up, is a complete mystery to me

 

[Phazer]

To the media, Black lives IN CHICAGO don't matter.

 

[freddy]

Regardless of any hidden agenda I for one am glad the media does not frequently report Chicago gun homicides. If they did it would simply seal our fate sooner.

Imagine if the NY Times (and usual suspects) said the headline from this day forth will be a tally of all gun deaths in the entire US. Day in & day out, the ever increasing deaths by firearms front and center of every mainstream media source - that is until all guns are confiscated.

From the viewpoint of the anti gun people any firearm related homicide puts the 2A in peril.

I am content with how they handle Chicago homicides presently.

 

[kev74]

Regardless of any hidden agenda I for one am glad the media does not frequently report Chicago gun homicides. If they did it would simply seal our fate sooner.

Imagine if the NY Times (and usual suspects) said the headline from this day forth will be a tally of all gun deaths in the entire US. Day in & day out, the ever increasing deaths by firearms front and center of every mainstream media source - that is until all guns are confiscated.

Any firearm related homicide hurts our cause.

I am content with how they handle Chicago homicides presently.

Except that no one in Chicago committing these homicides is a legal gun owner. If they report on the carnage, they'll at some point have to address the fallacy of gun control.

 

[freddy]

Except that no one in Chicago committing these homicides is a legal gun owner. If they report on the carnage, they'll at some point have to address the fallacy of gun control.

I do not dispute what you say here Kevin. For you and I this makes perfect sense. The problem is that the antigunners do not discriminate as to the legal status of a firearm in a given firearm incident. You and I know self defense with legal firearms is valid and happens plenty. But the antigunners only see guns=death. If we are to have any chance of avoiding Australia-style gun confiscation we will need to understand what our adversary (the antigunners) think and feel. Otherwise, sooner or later, we are almost certainly doomed.

If the majority of true 2A supporters (ie non-Fudds) in the US are anything like some of our NYGF members then sadly, we have not a chance keeping any remaining rights (much less improving them).

A single example (of many) here on NYGF: "...eradicate liberals and democrats in wholesale fashion. Nothing would give me greater pleasure." ​

I understand the frustration we feel, but this type of statement only fuels the fire against us. I don't claim to have a sure-fire answer, but statements like that are not it.

 

[Deplorable Me]

In theory this would make the concept of Groundhog Day racist.

SSDD Chicago.

 

[MoMan]

Just the hood-rats doing what hood-rats do: "animals be's animals"!

If they want to live the gang life, then let them eradicate each other! I personally couldn't care less if they kill each other off.

 

[tirwin1]

Regardless of any hidden agenda I for one am glad the media does not frequently report Chicago gun homicides. If they did it would simply seal our fate sooner.

Imagine if the NY Times (and usual suspects) said the headline from this day forth will be a tally of all gun deaths in the entire US. Day in & day out, the ever increasing deaths by firearms front and center of every mainstream media source - that is until all guns are confiscated.

From the viewpoint of the anti gun people any firearm related homicide puts the 2A in peril.

I am content with how they handle Chicago homicides presently.

I disagree 100%. The shootings in Chicago should be the headline from this day forth. The only reason they are not is because they will demonstrate the futility of gun control. The shootings in Chicago are primarily due to pistols and not the dreaded "military weapon" AR-15. And Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. Plus, it is almost entirely black on black crime. So we have the trifecta! That is why you see nothing in the media about Chicago despite the huge number of deaths on a daily/weekly/annual basis. Every time anyone talks about gun control (specifically "common sense" gun control) they should have Chicago thrown in their face.

 

[freddy]

I disagree 100%. The shootings in Chicago should be the headline from this day forth. The only reason they are not is because they will demonstrate the futility of gun control. The shootings in Chicago are primarily due to pistols and not the dreaded "military weapon" AR-15. And Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the country. Plus, it is almost entirely black on black crime. So we have the trifecta! That is why you see nothing in the media about Chicago despite the huge number of deaths on a daily/weekly/annual basis. Every time anyone talks about gun control (specifically "common sense" gun control) they should have Chicago thrown in their face.

I agree with your statement that Chicago demonstrates the futility of gun control. 100%. And you may be right about how and why the media handles it the way they do.

But I think for antigunners the view is remarkably simple:

guns = death
​

Therefore it follows that:

less guns = less death​

I believe the vision of antigunners is that somehow if 50% of guns were confiscated then 50% less gun deaths would take place. Whether the guns come from Fudds or crooks or the alt-right does NOT matter. Less guns = less death. Again, you and I both know this is false. Let me put it this way: if today ALL guns on planet earth were made to magically disappear then tomorrow there would be zero gun deaths. When I talk to antigunners this is what supports their belief. You and I understand the subtleties, nuances, and facts that turn the argument upside down, the antigunners do not.

 

[dwa12479]

It's too bad we couldn't teleport back in time before guns were invented when humans didn't kill each other...