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 […]
Before Passing More Gun Control Laws, Look at Chicago
The Chicago Tribune is reporting that in a single 24-hour period over the past weekend, 24 people were shot in the Windy City, including three adults who died, and that likely brings the 2019 body count to 90-plus. A running count is maintained by the Chicago Sun-Times, which listed 89 slayings in the city as […]
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