When Barack Obama comes to Chicago next week to deliver what is being billed as his “farewell speech,” he probably won’t be spending any time preparing his home there for his return. The Gun Control King! One look at the year-end murder tally in his adopted hometown is enough to convince anyone that the Windy […]
Homicides Up, Arrests Down in Chicago
The Chicago Sun Times reported Monday that murders are up and arrests are down in the Windy City this year, and with the clock winding down on 2016, Police Supt. Eddie Johnson says the problem is “gun violence.” Over the Christmas weekend, peace on earth was in short supply in Chicago as 11 men were […]
Three U.S. Cities Responsible For Half of 2015 Murder Increase, Says WaPo
While the U.S. violent crime numbers continue to decline, we had a record year for gun deaths in three major cities, including Obama’s own Chicago where they pride themselves for having some of the strictest gun laws in the nation. The Numbers Came In And Politicians Have Done . . . Nothing? Last year the problem was spelled out clearly in […]
Has Someone Declared an Open Season on Police?
There is no small amount of irony in the fact that the weekend saw unprovoked shootings of police officers in St. Louis, San Antonio, outside Kansas City and Sanibel Island on Florida’s west shore, and a story on Seattle’s KIRO noting that Seattle Seahawk Doug Baldwin – the son of a career lawman – will […]
Dead Pile Up in Chicago, A Monument to Gun Control Failure
The dead are piling up in Chicago, with 78 homicides logged just in October and more than 600 homicides reported so far this year, prompting one prominent gun rights organization to say the carnage is a testament to the failure of the city’s strict gun control policies. According to WBBM, the local CBS affiliate, there […]
Instead of Seattle, Maybe AGR, Giffords Should March in Chicago
The Seattle-based Alliance for Gun Responsibility (AGR), one of the most active gun prohibition lobbying groups in the Pacific Northwest with funding from several wealthy elitists, has announced it will march on Saturday, Oct. 22 to “get out the vote.” This event will feature prominent gun control supporter and former Arizona Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords. Presumably […]