Gun Control & Gun Violence in U.S | Mega Thread

[Hamartia Antidote]

Why US has so many junkies roaming on the streets, maybe they don't have parents by their side to stop them from taking drugs when they were young.

Because liberals think it is evil to incarcerate people for drug use as it is a "victimless crime" and disproportionately affects the poor and their future employment opportunities since having a criminal conviction makes you unemployable by most companies.

Better to water down drug penalties that way the problem is solved! No more oppression of the poor!!

 

[Kyusuibu Honbu]

Is this a country or a zoo?

Gun culture is largely is a hangover from frontier living culture in USA

Considering USA didn't have serious armed insurgency movements overall US govt was lenient on firearm procurement by civilians even when majority population lived in urban areas

Combine the above with Gun lobbying groups we have the current state

 

[khansaheeb]

Memorial Day weekend violence: 51 shot, 9 fatally, in Chicago

Chicago experienced its most violent Memorial Day weekend in five years — 9 killed, 42 wounded — despite stepped up police patrols and a focus on neighborhood programs that city officials hoped would provide peaceful alternatives.

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Memorial Day weekend violence: 51 shot, 9 fatally, in Chicago​

By Sun-Times Media Wire
Published May 30, 2022 10:12PM
Updated May 31, 2022 6:39AM
Crime and Public Safety
Sun-Times Media Wire

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Chicago records two mass shootings less than 24 hours apart this Memorial Day weekend​

One person was killed and nine others were wounded in mass shootings less than 24 hours apart so far this Memorial Day weekend.
CHICAGO - Chicago experienced its most violent Memorial Day weekend in five years — 9 killed, 42 wounded — despite stepped up police patrols and a focus on neighborhood programs that city officials hoped would provide peaceful alternatives.
About half of those shot were on the West Side, most of them in a single police district, the 11th, where there were two mass shootings on Sunday. On the South Side, at least 14 people were shot. And downtown, where there has been a spike in shootings all year, four people were hit by gunfire.
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The weekend was the most violent since 2017, when seven people were killed and 45 people were wounded, according to Chicago police data. The year before, 69 people had been shot over the long holiday weekend.
This past weekend’s toll is sharply higher than last year, when three people were killed and 34 others were wounded.

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The Chicago Police Department canceled days off over the weekend, but Police Supt. David Brown was vague last Friday about the numbers of additional police officers assigned to work.
He would only say the safety plan included foot, bike and roving patrols; traffic safety, DUI saturation and carjacking task force missions; and gang and gun and organized retail theft investigations.
At the same news conference, Mayor Lori Lightfoot said weekend programs in 15 high-crime neighborhoods — including music-and-game-filled "kickbacks" with DJs — would be held later into the night to fill gaps pinpointed in conversations with young people in those neighborhoods.
On Saturday, faith leaders led a march for peace down Michigan Avenue. "There will be no silence till we end the violence," a group of about 50 people chanted as they marched down the Mag Mile to Millennium Park.
Many of the weekend shootings occurred in neighborhoods long troubled by gun violence.

• In Lawndale, five people were wounded after gunmen opened fire on a crowd marking the anniversary of another teen’s killing. A 16-year-old girl was among the wounded in the shooting early Sunday morning in the 800 block of South Karlov Avenue. Shell casings and at least 97 evidence markers could be seen in the street outside Daniel Webster Elementary School.
• Later Sunday, a man was killed and four others wounded, including a gunman, during a domestic incident in Humboldt Park. The shooting led to a standoff with a police SWAT team. A gunman, 23, was arrested over an hour later and treated for a gunshot wound, police said.

Police work the scene where five people were shot near an elementary school May 29, 2022 on the West Side. | Ashlee Rezin/Sun-Times
Other fatal shootings since 5 p.m. Friday:

• A man was shot to death early Tuesday in Brighton Park on the Southwest Side. The 25-year-old was inside a vehicle about 12:30 a.m. when a dark car pulled up near him and someone from inside fired shots in the 3600 block of South Kedzie Avenue, Chicago police said. The man was shot in the neck and was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. His name hasn’t been released.
• Three men were wounded, one fatally, in a shooting Monday in Burnside on the South Side. They were near a sidewalk about 7:45 p.m. in the 1300 block of East 93rd Street when someone opened fire, police said. One man, 25, was shot in the chest and taken to Trinity Hospital, where he was pronounced dead, police said. Another man, 26, was also shot in the chest and taken to the same hospital in critical condition. The third man, 27, suffered a gunshot wound to his body and taken to the University of Chicago Medical Center, police said. His condition was not immediately known.
• A man was fatally shot Monday in Gresham on the South Side. About 5 p.m., the 27-year-old was in the 8600 block of South Aberdeen Street when he was shot multiple times, police said. He was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead, police said.
• Also Monday, a man was killed in a shooting in Englewood on the South Side. He was inside a residence about 2:50 p.m. in the 6900 block of South Green Street when someone opened fire, striking him in the face and abdomen, Chicago police said. The 31-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
• Jeremy Benson, 33, was shot and killed Sunday morning while driving in the West Garfield Park neighborhood, authorities said. He was shot while driving in the 4400 block of West Madison Street and crashed into a median, police said. He died at Mount Sinai Hospital.
• A man was killed early Sunday in Englewood when gunfire erupted during a birthday party. The shooting sent hundreds of people running in the 5700 block of South Carpenter Street. A 24-year-old was shot and pronounced dead at the scene. Police placed a white cloth over the man, who was lying on a sidewalk near evidence markers. "They won’t even let me see his body," the man’s mother said. "They could at least let me hold his hand."
• Hours earlier, two men killed each other during a shootout in Englewood, police said. The shootout happened at 5 p.m. Saturday in the 5500 block of South Bishop Street, police said. Both men were pronounced dead at the University of Chicago Medical Center. One of the men was identified as Derrick Washington, 29. The other man was 38.
• Saturday afternoon, a man was killed in Chicago Lawn on the Southwest Side. He was shot in his head around 1:30 p.m. in the 2400 block of West 63rd Street, police said. He died at Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn. Police released no other details.

Thirty-two people were shot last weekend in Chicago.

Chicago crime: 3 shot in Burnside​

 

[KendoKhan]

This is so worrying, so many mass-shootings in one week!

 

[khansaheeb]

This is so worrying, so many mass-shootings in one week!

Biden says there have been 20 mass shootings in the US since Uvalde school shooting

In his Thursday night address to the nation where he pushed several gun control measures, President Biden said just since Uvalde, there have been 20 mass shootings in the U.S.

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Biden says there have been 20 mass shootings in the US since Uvalde school shooting​

By Anthony Ponce
Published June 2, 2022 9:31PM
Joe Biden
FOX 32 Chicago

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President Biden calls for action after mass shootings across the US​

In his Thursday night address to the nation where he pushed several gun control measures, President Biden said just since Uvalde, there have been 20 mass shootings in the U.S.
WASHINGTON - In his Thursday night address to the nation where he pushed several gun control measures, President Biden said just since Uvalde, there have been 20 mass shootings in the U.S.
In the month of May, the U.S. saw 61 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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Just this afternoon, more gunfire broke out during a burial at a cemetery in Racine, Wisconsin.
Dozens of shots were reportedly fired, hitting multiple people at 2:30 p.m. at Graceland Cemetery. The victims were paying their last respects to a man who himself was shot and killed by a police officer.

The cemetery became just the latest in an ever-growing list of otherwise peaceful places which have become shooting venues. In Buffalo, New York, it was a grocery store. In Uvalde, Texas, it was an elementary school. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it was a hospital.
"There are too many other schools, too many other places becoming killing fields, battlefields here in America," Biden said while flanked by lines of candles lit for all the victims. "After Columbine, after Sandy Hook, after Charleston, after Orlando, after Las Vegas, after Parkland, nothing has been done. This time that can't be true. This time we must actually do something."
In his speech, Biden proposed several measures, including reinstating the 1994 ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, raising the legal age to own a semi-automatic weapon from 18 up to 21, strengthening background checks and red flag laws, and repealing legal immunity for gun manufacturers.
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"This is not about taking away anyone's guns; it's not about vilifying gun owners," Biden said. "In fact, we should be treating responsible gun owners as an example of how every gun owner should behave."
Earlier Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee met to debate some of the same proposals that the president mentioned in his speech, including raising the minimum age to own a semi-automatic rifle.

 

[Trango Towers]

America takes wars to others....God brings it to them. Enjoy the fruits of your own labour

 

[KendoKhan]

Biden says there have been 20 mass shootings in the US since Uvalde school shooting

In his Thursday night address to the nation where he pushed several gun control measures, President Biden said just since Uvalde, there have been 20 mass shootings in the U.S.

www.fox32chicago.com

Biden says there have been 20 mass shootings in the US since Uvalde school shooting​

By Anthony Ponce
Published June 2, 2022 9:31PM
Joe Biden
FOX 32 Chicago

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President Biden calls for action after mass shootings across the US​

In his Thursday night address to the nation where he pushed several gun control measures, President Biden said just since Uvalde, there have been 20 mass shootings in the U.S.
WASHINGTON - In his Thursday night address to the nation where he pushed several gun control measures, President Biden said just since Uvalde, there have been 20 mass shootings in the U.S.
In the month of May, the U.S. saw 61 mass shootings, according to the Gun Violence Archive.
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Just this afternoon, more gunfire broke out during a burial at a cemetery in Racine, Wisconsin.
Dozens of shots were reportedly fired, hitting multiple people at 2:30 p.m. at Graceland Cemetery. The victims were paying their last respects to a man who himself was shot and killed by a police officer.

The cemetery became just the latest in an ever-growing list of otherwise peaceful places which have become shooting venues. In Buffalo, New York, it was a grocery store. In Uvalde, Texas, it was an elementary school. In Tulsa, Oklahoma, it was a hospital.
"There are too many other schools, too many other places becoming killing fields, battlefields here in America," Biden said while flanked by lines of candles lit for all the victims. "After Columbine, after Sandy Hook, after Charleston, after Orlando, after Las Vegas, after Parkland, nothing has been done. This time that can't be true. This time we must actually do something."
In his speech, Biden proposed several measures, including reinstating the 1994 ban on assault weapons and high-capacity magazines, raising the legal age to own a semi-automatic weapon from 18 up to 21, strengthening background checks and red flag laws, and repealing legal immunity for gun manufacturers.
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"This is not about taking away anyone's guns; it's not about vilifying gun owners," Biden said. "In fact, we should be treating responsible gun owners as an example of how every gun owner should behave."
Earlier Thursday, the House Judiciary Committee met to debate some of the same proposals that the president mentioned in his speech, including raising the minimum age to own a semi-automatic rifle.

The US needs to consider some stronger gun controls, just look at the UK, perfect example of how stronger gun controls can make a tangible difference in preventing mass-shootings. Sure we get the odd-firearm incident but it's minuscule compared to the US.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

The US needs to consider some stronger gun controls, just look at the UK, perfect example of how stronger gun controls can make a tangible difference in preventing mass-shootings. Sure we get the odd-firearm incident but it's minuscule compared to the US.

What kind of gun control?

 

[Ghareeb_Da_Baal]

For chicago,that's normal.week after week.

 

[WotTen]

America takes wars to others....God brings it to them. Enjoy the fruits of your own labour

It's 'not a problem'.

Homicides per 100,000 males: 48.16 black, 3.15 white

If the numbers were reversed, you can bet there would be decisive action.

https://publichealth.jhu.edu/sites/default/files/2022-05/2020-gun-deaths-in-the-us-4-28-2022-b.pdf

 

[Trango Towers]

It's 'not a problem'.

Homicides per 100,000 males: 48.16 black, 3.15 white

If the numbers were reversed, you can bet there would be decisive action.

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Agreed.

 

[Menthol]

Again??

The news report about school mass shootings doesn't seem to have any effect on people's hearts anymore.

The level of stress, frustration, and desperation is already too high.

And this is just the start of the coming economic hurricane in the USA.

 

[Enigma SIG]

Chicago is like real-life GTA.

 

[KendoKhan]

What kind of gun control?

Many solutions have been proposed but been shot down (pun intended) by the NRA and it's powerful lobby. I can share some links if you would like.

 

[gambit]

Many solutions have been proposed but been shot down (pun intended) by the NRA and it's powerful lobby. I can share some links if you would like.

According to NRA's own membership roll, there are about 5 millions, rounded figure. According to the AARP's membership roll, there are about 38 millions, rounded figure. So how 'powerful' is the NRA when it comes to lobbying the US Congress?