Chicago

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What the heck is going on there:



Chicago’s police commissioner has pointed to gang-related conflicts as the driving force behind the recent surge in gun deaths. From the start of this year through June 18, at least 240 people have been killed, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Just last weekend seven people were killed and 35 injured – marking the third weekend in a row with gunfire victims totaling well into the double digits. The weekend before, 46 people were hurt and eight killed across Chicago. The previous weekend, 29 were injured and three were killed in shootings.

More Chicago mayhem: 35 hurt, 7 killed in shootings

Homicides are up about 35 percent over last year at a time when violent crime nationwide is trending down. U.S. violent crime rates fell in 2011 for the fifth straight year, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation data

On June 11, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) signed a new law into effect targeting gangs. The Illinois Street Gang RICO Act strengthens penalties for organized crimes. Also, police announced plans to put officers on overtime during weekends to patrol the city’s most violent neighborhoods.



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What the heck is going on there:



Chicago’s police commissioner has pointed to gang-related conflicts as the driving force behind the recent surge in gun deaths. From the start of this year through June 18, at least 240 people have been killed, according to the Chicago Police Department.

Just last weekend seven people were killed and 35 injured – marking the third weekend in a row with gunfire victims totaling well into the double digits. The weekend before, 46 people were hurt and eight killed across Chicago. The previous weekend, 29 were injured and three were killed in shootings.

More Chicago mayhem: 35 hurt, 7 killed in shootings

Homicides are up about 35 percent over last year at a time when violent crime nationwide is trending down. U.S. violent crime rates fell in 2011 for the fifth straight year, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation data

On June 11, Illinois Gov. Pat Quinn (D) signed a new law into effect targeting gangs. The Illinois Street Gang RICO Act strengthens penalties for organized crimes. Also, police announced plans to put officers on overtime during weekends to patrol the city’s most violent neighborhoods.



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Part of it is that in the wake of McDonald v Chicago Police can no longer assume that the presence of a gun in a car is a crime. So like with the Bank of America shooters in CA, even if they see a gun during say a speeding pullover, they can no longer impound it.

Thank you ScAlito.

 

[Zam-Zam]

Part of it is that in the wake of McDonald v Chicago Police can no longer assume that the presence of a gun in a car is a crime. So like with the Bank of America shooters in CA, even if they see a gun during say a speeding pullover, they can no longer impound it.

Thank you ScAlito.

No, not buying that.Chicago gang violence has escalated dramatically in recent weeks, even as violent crime has declined virtually everywhere else. Try again, perhaps this time without an agenda.

 

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No, not buying that.Chicago gang violence has escalated dramatically in recent weeks, even as violent crime has declined virtually everywhere else. Try again, perhaps this time without an agenda.

AGain guns are much more available and cannot be interdicted.

And gang gun violence tends to come in spurts because you get AN INCIDENT, then retaliation, then retaliation for the retaliation...

 

[Zam-Zam]

But only in Chicago?

 

[degsme]

But only in Chicago?

Chicago was directly affected by the ruling. Its gun regulations immediately evaporated. Elsewhere they are still being worked out of the system.

Plus we recently had a spate of shootings in Seattle.

Like I said, we reap what we sow - Thank you ScAlito for McDonald and Heller ... it made us SOOO much safer.