Fourteen weekend slayings out of 102 people shot in Chicago pushes this year’s body count to 284, according to the Chicago Sun Times, which tracks murders in the Windy City, and 2020 isn’t even half over. At the current rate, the city might see 600 murders by year’s end, and possibly more since summer just […]
Calls to ‘Defund Police’ Could Leave Nation Like Chicago
Angry protesters in Minneapolis and other cities where demonstrations have continued for more than a week are now demanding that municipal governments “defund the police,” but does anyone know what such a drastic move might create? Buried in the text of a Chicago Sun-Times article might be a hint. The newspaper looked at the number […]
Chicago logs bloodiest Memorial Day weekend since 2015
Numbers don’t lie: Chicago just posted its deadliest Memorial Day holiday weekend since 2015, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, which keeps a running count of the dead. According to the newspaper, 10 people were murdered over the weekend and 39 more were wounded; not the best supporting evidence for the controversial gun and ammunition tax […]
Chicago May-hem: Anti-Gun Priest Cracks a Code as Bodies Pile Up
An anti-gun activist priest in Chicago who once encouraged people attending a 2007 gun control rally to “snuff” the owner of a suburban gun shop may have unintentionally cracked the proverbial code when he told a reporter—following continued lethal violence in the city—that someone willing to commit murder isn’t deterred by “stay-at-home” orders. The same […]
Baltimore Blood Bath Continues Despite Strict Gun Control
Despite being in a state with some of the toughest gun laws in the nation, Baltimore, Maryland is rolling up another staggering body count for a city its size, suggesting that gun control is a dismal failure. According to the Associated Press, “Baltimore could wrap up 2019 with its highest per-capita homicide rate on record…” […]
Chicago’s High Priest of Gun Control Will Caravan to Confront Cruz
The Chicago Sun-Times is reporting that veteran anti-gun Catholic Fr. Michael Pfleger is “forming a bus caravan to travel to the nation’s capital to rally for gun control regulation, and urged Texas Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) to return with him to Chicago for a free schooling on the city’s gun problem.” The Rev. Pfleger, pastor […]
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