Chicago has [some of] the toughest gun control laws in the country, right?

http://www.mercurynews.com/nation-world ... ral-events

Z

oh man i came on here to see if this story was posted yet, and BAM there you are lol beat me to the punch.

hey BB3, has Obama shed any tears yet??

If he brings any Chicago kids to parade around in front of cameras to exploit they may be smart enough to run away to the south to be safe.

biggie wrote:If he brings any Chicago kids to parade around in front of cameras to exploit they may be smart enough to run away to the south to be safe.

You mean like Atlanta?

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01 ... s-say?lite

Or Texas?

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01 ... ought?lite

telcoman wrote:

biggie wrote:If he brings any Chicago kids to parade around in front of cameras to exploit they may be smart enough to run away to the south to be safe.

You mean like Atlanta?

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01 ... s-say?lite

Or Texas?

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01 ... ought?lite

Gun violence > % Gun (most recent) by state. Of the Top 5 states only one, Louisiana is a southern state, and in the Top 10 Mississippi is the only other Southern state. Granted, Louisiana has the top spot, but I'd love to see some crime stats and see if there's any relationship to the post-Katrina infrastructure. But what's really odd, Illinois with it's over the top gun control is number 2 on the list, and Vermont with its No Permit Required concealed carry is number 50.

Gun control working.

telcoman wrote:

biggie wrote:If he brings any Chicago kids to parade around in front of cameras to exploit they may be smart enough to run away to the south to be safe.

You mean like Atlanta?

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01 ... s-say?lite

Or Texas?

http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/01 ... ought?lite

You mean those two gun free zones? Yeah. Right there.

And do we want to compare crimes in GA or TX to Chicago? TX probably has less than Chicago and being 100 times the size?

I read recently that the increase in Chicago's gun violence deaths seemed to coincide with when the city laid off 1,500 police officers. Evidently that was done in order to balance their budget.

Thoughts?

Bubba1 wrote:I read recently that the increase in Chicago's gun violence deaths seemed to coincide with when the city laid off 1,500 police officers. Evidently that was done in order to balance their budget.

Thoughts?

the says goes true: "the only thing that can stop a bad guy with a gun, is a good guy with a gun."
"good guys" with guns come in all shapes & sizes, wearing all different types of clothing: uniforms(cops/security), nightgowns(female home owner), bathrobes(male homeowner), or just jeans & a t-shirt(average law abiding joe).

case in point:
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kuCEeQgYCws[/youtube]

Howie, are you seriously trying to compare ANY city in TX or LA to that craphole in Illinois?

Admit failure - You simply can't argue that Chicago's gun ban has made that city better in ANY way. (...but I know you'll try, and it'll be humorous...)

BTW, I've spent time in most of the cities on that list. Chicago was the ONLY one where I felt unsafe (and disgusted). I've been in ATL, downtown, at night. People are friendly and cool - Southern hospitality, even in the so-called "rough" neighborhoods.

How much time has your lilywhite arse spent in the Deep South? Probably none, considering your disdain for southerners, people of color, the Bible, and working-class America.

That's what I thought. Easy to yammer on from your insulated little retirement community in predominantly-white Joyzee.

The city is broke, they can't afford to combat the gang problems. They have to support all those bloated long term Union backed retirements. It's the same way in Detroit for the same reasons.

AZhitman wrote:BTW, I've spent time in most of the cities on that list. Chicago was the ONLY one where I felt unsafe (and disgusted). I've been in ATL, downtown, at night. People are friendly and cool - Southern hospitality, even in the so-called "rough" neighborhoods.

Having been to both Atlanta and Chicago many times, I would strongly prefer to live in Atlanta in a heartbeat! And me with my brown skin too!

Z

Atlanta has lots of "brown"...just sayin.

ATL is just a cool city... probably one of the friendliest places I've been, and I've traveled extensively.

Savannah, GA has to be my #1, though.

AZhitman wrote:ATL is just a cool city... probably one of the friendliest places I've been, and I've traveled extensively.

Savannah, GA has to be my #1, though.

Savannah is a beautiful. I'm dating myself, but I was down there (on business) while they were filming the parade scene from the movie "Glory". I even got an offer to be an extra (had I been in town longer, I mighta done it).

But I wouldn't be so quick to condemn Chicago. Heck, I could go for a Gibson's steak right about now. I do agree parts of the city is bad, you can say that about pretty much every major city. But I've had a good time every time I've been there.

<relatives in the Chicago suburbs

I was in Savannah a couple times, once for St Pattys day in '01 (mini Mardi Gras).

But its too hot down there to live.

ATL just has too many streets/places named PeachTree.

Bubba1 wrote:But I wouldn't be so quick to condemn Chicago. Heck, I could go for a Gibson's steak right about now. I do agree parts of the city is bad, you can say that about pretty much every major city.

Pretty much sums it up (at least for me), especially seeing as I used to live there. Plenty of places I knew to avoid at certain times but that I could visit no matter what time it was depending on my company. I'd never go to Chinatown late at night but had a couple of friends that I'd routinely go there with and get food with, even when the restaurants were closed. Bigger issue in Chicago that I knew of when I was there was Polish organized crime (controlled by Russian Outfit guys). Fact or rumour...no idea, just heard more than a few times from multiple, unrelated sources.

And it's not isolated to big cities, I've posted the story here before...

When I first moved to Tennessee from Chicago I was just driving arund and getting a feel for the place, enjoying the mountains and I stopped off to fill up the 240 and unfill myself. The gas station was off the beaten path and had an exterior restoom on the back side of the building. There was a metal sign tacked to the cinderblock that read, "If you are brown be out of town by sundown."