Saturday, October 08, 2011

Chicago handgun ban success story #14,380: 20 shot last night, 3 fatally

What's that old saying? "When guns are outlawed, only outlaws will have guns"?

Well, liberals: it's called a truism because it's, eh, true.

Say, how's that Chicago handgun ban working out for you, schmucks?

At least three people were killed and at least 17 others wounded, including nine teenagers, in shootings across the city late Friday night and early Saturday morning.

- Two sisters were shot in the head...
- A man was shot in his chest and possibly stabbed...
- A 29-year-old man was shot and killed across from the Lake View High School...
- A boy and a girl, both aged 17, were shot at about 2:15 a.m...
- A 25-year-old man was shot in his back at 71st and Halsted Avenue Street at about 2:15 a.m...
- A 56-year-old man was shot in the 4100 block of West Adams Street...
- A 20-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were shot in the 13200 block of South Langley Avenue...
- A 17-year-old boy was shot in the back...
- At about 12:30 a.m., a 22-year-old man and a 16-year-old boy were shot in the 2600 block of South Ridgeway Avenue...
- A 41-year-old man was shot in his forearm, buttocks and suffered a graze wound to his head...
- A 24-year-old man was shot in the 8400 block of South Carpenter Street...
- A 17-year-old boy was shot in his neck while sitting in a car at a stop light...
- A 37-year-old man was shot in his groin in the 800 block of North Noble Street at about 10 p.m....
- Two other boys, age 16 and 17, were shot as they left a restaurant...
- A 15-year-old was accidentally shot in the 7900 block of South Christiana Avenue ...

Curiously, cities where law-abiding citizens can freely carry concealed weapons appear to be experiencing considerably less gun violence.

Which is just more evidence that liberalism is the philosophy of the stupid.


2 comments:

Ryan said...

The ban was overturned over a year ago. Look it up. I appreciate the point you're trying to make and I would guarantee none ofthe weapons used were legal. So it's just semantics, but thought you should know.

Anonymous said...

Liberalism is often the philosophy of those who are insulated from the consequences of being wrong. Government buildings in Chicago are protected by gates, metal detectors and armed police. I am certain that the vast majority of those who vote for gun bans do not live in the neighborhoods where shootings happen regularly. Most liberal government leaders and voters can afford to be wrong on this and many other issues. It won't affect them directly.