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40 shot. 6 killed in Chicago over mem weekend. (Original Post)
Demovictory9
May 2022
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OAITW r.2.0
(24,610 posts)1. The the vast majority of victims of the 2nd Amendment have no rights....
To pursue Life, Liberty, and Happiness.
IbogaProject
(2,841 posts)2. Right wing use Chicago as an excuse
For more guns and how gun control supposedly doesn't work. Even though the gun violence rates are inverse w the gun laws.
brush
(53,850 posts)3. 23 killed in Uvalde, Texas, Many others injured.
The right loves to throw up Chicago, with no mention of other cities gun victims, or Chicago's anti-gun regulations, or the constant flow of guns from neighbor red states with little gun restrictions.
Demovictory9
(32,475 posts)4. They act like chicago victims of.gun violence.dont count
roamer65
(36,747 posts)5. All thanks to lax gun laws in Indiana.
The violent criminal gang members behind the triggers share in that blame.
Frasier Balzov
(2,668 posts)9. If they didn't have access to guns and ammo what would they use?
MichMan
(11,971 posts)7. Any banning of assault weapons likely wouldn't have prevented any of them
I would guess it was handguns that were used
brush
(53,850 posts)8. Can't kill as many so quickly with handguns.
And maybe LEOs on the scene would be more competent than the Uvalde ones and would act to stop the slaughter.