Hospitals overburdened with 70 gunshot wounds in one day; victims drive themselves

[Robb]

Chicago 'mayhem' prompts politician to call for National Guard

NBC -- The onslaught of gun crime in Chicago has spurred members of Congress to convene a summit on urban violence and prompted a state lawmaker to demand the National Guard be called in to stop the “mayhem.”

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“Every single day we wake up in the city of Chicago, some child, some young adult, some African-American male has been murdered,” state Rep. Monique Davis said Thursday. “This is not acceptable.

“I’m hearing from mothers that they are afraid to go outside,” she said. “Hospitals are overburdened with 70 gunshot wounds in one day. Ambulances are so busy people are driving victims in their own cars.”

Chicago ended last year as the city with the highest number of murders in the nation. Three weeks later, its reputation as a crime capital was cemented when Hadiya Pendleton, 15, was shot dead days after performing in Washington for President Obama’s inauguration festivities.

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[Nevernose]

1. Even worse, there's not a hospital in that area.

I mean, there are at least two or three that I can think of, but they won't accept gunshot victims and/or the uninsured. Gunshot victims from Chicago's most violent neighborhoods have to go miles north. People are dying in the extra twenty minutes, because of the extra twenty minutes.

[Mojorabbit]

2. Is it a gang problem? That is a lot of wounded in one day. nt

[hack89]

3. Huge gang issue.

Ironically due to the success of.the police in jailing prominent gang leaders - it fragmented the gangs and set off a power struggle for turf.

[11 Bravo]

4. And I'll bet every fucking driver had a license and registration to operate those vehicles.

Did the folks who shot them have registered firearms? Nah, probably not. The NRA's asinine resistance to even the most basic gun control legislation is responsible for too many deaths to count.
(You see, bro, we agree on a lot!)

[galileoreloaded]

6. Uhhh. It's Chicago. Guns are almost all illegal.

This is a gang problem of epic proportions. Actually this is an economic opportunity problem.

Sorry.

[Liberal_in_LA]

5. sad