Honor student who performed in Obama inauguration, shot dead near her high school

[Mathguy]

Originally Posted by Don Draper

If this happened in an affluent area, heads would be rolling. The reality is, most people don't care about violence in these areas, that includes most people who post stories about them on the internet.

I notice you are complaining about the guys that post the stories....but not oh....the people that run the city of Chicago? If you didn't know, selective policing and segregation have been in their bag of tricks since before any of us here were born.

We have too many people that look at every problem and think 2 things:
1) How can I blame this on the other party.
2) How can I divert any blame or criticism from my party.

It's THOSE people that perpetuate problems like this.

[OICU812]

Originally Posted by Don Draper

Politicians don't care and neither do most people. The people with the fake outrage should win an academy award for their performances. People on both sides are exploting this to push an agenda.

Wrong again. Obama and the dems are not going on and on exploiting Chicago, because their agenda cannot be advanced by going there. Five hundred people DEAD!!! And yet Chicago is not a topic for their gun control media show.

[OICU812]

Originally Posted by middle-aged mom

Handguns in Chicago were at one point essentially banned. That changed in 2010.

A person being aloud to have a gun in their home does not affect the drive-by shootings and drug crime in Chicago.

[green_mariner]

Originally Posted by Mathguy

I notice you are complaining about the guys that post the stories....but not oh....the people that run the city of Chicago? If you didn't know, selective policing and segregation have been in their bag of tricks since before any of us here were born.

We have too many people that look at every problem and think 2 things:
1) How can I blame this on the other party.
2) How can I divert any blame or criticism from my party.

It's THOSE people that perpetuate problems like this.

And it is those persons who seem not to care about the root issues of violence. It is quite true that strict guns laws have not curbed the crime in Chicago or DC. However, some people use such events as a reason to take advantage and use it to prop up partisan views. Rather, we should be concentrating on the root causes of violence in our society.