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It's because Chicago gun violence is very isolated and is limited to a few neighborhoods.
It's all being fueled by a drug war that nobody wants to deal with.
Not the Mayor.
Not the parents of the kids who buy the drugs and fuel the demand.
Long story short, the violence in Chicago affects very few people.
Which is very true. I do wish the mayor would make this something to actually deal with, but I don't think the pro gun people on this section understand the gun violence is only in a few areas and it has nothing to do with guns.
Contrary to popular opinion, Chicago is not gun free. It's legal to own a gun in Chicago.
Guns cannot be bought/sold in Chicago. There is no shortage of licensed dealers in the suburbs and close by Indiana and Wisconsin. Private dealers are everywhere.
How many of the shooters in the article do you think bought their guns legally?
Not really. There are plenty of low wage jobs in the cities, like at the hotels. And if she had to, she could have worked two jobs to support her family. That's the way Asians do it. And their kids still do well in the city schools. Shrug.
Exactly -- not just Asians -- but millions of people come here from south of the border and millions of them have no education, no literacy skills, and not especially high IQs and they are finding all kinds of jobs -- like hotel cleaning jobs, lawn mowing jobs, fruit picking jobs --- it all has to do with work ethic, too many Americans are perfectly happy to live out their lives without ever having to get up and go to work.
Liberal policies are all about warehousing these people, there is no attempt being made to get them to become productive citizens.
Not really. There are plenty of low wage jobs in the cities, like at the hotels. And if she had to, she could have worked two jobs to support her family. That's the way Asians do it. And their kids still do well in the city schools. Shrug.
Which is very true. I do wish the mayor would make this something to actually deal with, but I don't think the pro gun people on this section understand the gun violence is only in a few areas and it has nothing to do with guns.
That part right there is what they have been trying to get across all along. All the gun restrictions Chicago has only affects the law abiding citizens, but the underlying factors actually drive the violence.
Now if you are a MMA fighter you have better odds, but most people aren't.
You know, I keep seeing these Chicago gun violence threads in this section, but I never see them in the Chicago section. I wonder if the interest has anything to do with violence in Chicago or just a pro gun platform to be used.
I think its a little of both.
The gun nuts (both those who want outright bans and those who want every citizen to have a bazooka) use Chicago because its been in the news. Some anti-Obama people use Chicago because its where Obama is from.
The sad thing is that most people don't really care about the people being murdered either way.
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