Let's not turn this into an anti-gun thing. I mean, obviously the killer would have found a way to accidentally kill this unintended target with a knife or baseball bat from across the park, with or without a weapon designed to near-instantly kill multiple people at long ranges. Duh.Planeforger
You do realize guns are pretty much illegal in Chicago right They have the strictest gun policy in the nation? Most gun crime is done will illegal guns that will exist whether or not we have the right to have guns.
[QUOTE="Planeforger"]Let's not turn this into an anti-gun thing. I mean, obviously the killer would have found a way to accidentally kill this unintended target with a knife or baseball bat from across the park, with or without a weapon designed to near-instantly kill multiple people at long ranges. Duh.LJS9502_basic
:roll: I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic. My sarcasm detector is a piece of crap, but he seems very sarcastic.
[QUOTE="Bucked20"]Wow ABC just touched on her shooting for 5 seconds,they don't give a sh*t which is a shame MrPraline
Stories are only aired on the mainstream media for 2 reasons. Either it's good ratings (sensation), or it's to push an agenda. Some of them, like Sandy Hook, cover both effectively. A dead kid in the ghetto, not my thoughts, falls beyond both and thus airing the story is not economically responsible for these corporations, sadly. F*ck the media and everyone who runs it. Bunch of f*cking trash is what they are.
I'm pretty sure he was being sarcastic. My sarcasm detector is a piece of crap, but he seems very sarcastic. gamerguru100
Uh, yeah, we know he's been sarcastic, and also strawmanning a political position to try to discredit a whole group. No need for such nonsense after such sad news. Thus, the ":roll:". Probably.
[QUOTE="MrPraline"][QUOTE="Bucked20"]Wow ABC just touched on her shooting for 5 seconds,they don't give a sh*t which is a shame gamerguru100
Stories are only aired on the mainstream media for 2 reasons. Either it's good ratings (sensation), or it's to push an agenda. Some of them, like Sandy Hook, cover both effectively. A dead kid in the ghetto, not my thoughts, falls beyond both and thus airing the story is not economically responsible for these corporations, sadly. F*ck the media and everyone who runs it. Bunch of f*cking trash is what they are. Agreed, they are always looking to cash in on all the tragedies. Then when it doesn't fit their agenda it either gets censored or never gets mentioned.
She's be just anther statistic if she didn't sing for the inauguration. The deaths of individuals, kids included, only have value insofar as they serve the political class.
She's be just anther statistic if she didn't sing for the inauguration. The deaths of individuals, kids included, only have value insofar as they serve the political class.Rhazakna
Yup. I live near Detroit so I hear every single day of somebody being murdered on the news. None of these get national headlines or even more than a 1 minute segment on the local news station.
[QUOTE="Zeviander"]Doesn't Illinois have strict gun control laws? the_bi99man
Yes but I doubt the gang members were using a firearm registered to their name anyway. If you plan to shoot people it's best to use a gun the police can't track.
Exactly.
And unregistered guns wouldn't exist if there was a gun ban cause we know those guns the police can't track will be turned in asap.
[QUOTE="MrPraline"][QUOTE="Bucked20"]Wow ABC just touched on her shooting for 5 seconds,they don't give a sh*t which is a shame gamerguru100
Stories are only aired on the mainstream media for 2 reasons. Either it's good ratings (sensation), or it's to push an agenda. Some of them, like Sandy Hook, cover both effectively. A dead kid in the ghetto, not my thoughts, falls beyond both and thus airing the story is not economically responsible for these corporations, sadly. F*ck the media and everyone who runs it. Bunch of f*cking trash is what they are. Katie Couric Disapproves of this message
Unfortunately, idiots like Obama don't understand that.
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Also - the news media never reports when people are stabbed to death. For instance . . .
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Statistics say that approximately 8,000 homicides annually occur with gunshot wounds, so statistically it's just another normal day in the US. How sad...
[QUOTE="Bucked20"]Wow ABC just touched on her shooting for 5 seconds,they don't give a sh*t which is a shame mingmao3046
thousands of children die every year from guns. if the media focused on that then there would be nothing else on the news And what is more important to focus on then the death of innocent people?
Good to see Chicago's anti gun laws are working out real wellmingmao3046
NY has the strictest gun laws and we have the lowest murder rate per capita nationally. Chicago needs better leadership from their mayor and a better police force
[QUOTE="Diablo-B"] And what is more important to focus on then the death of innocent people? For starters, anything that'll actually affect more people.
[QUOTE="mingmao3046"]Good to see Chicago's anti gun laws are working out real wellDiablo-B
NY has the strictest gun laws and we have the lowest murder rate per capita nationally. Chicago needs better leadership from their mayor and a better police force I don't know how big of an issue leadership actually is - homicides in Chicago have been trending downwards for two decades now. Things have been improving in the Windy city over the years.
[QUOTE="Diablo-B"] And what is more important to focus on then the death of innocent people?MrGeezer
For starters, anything that'll actually affect more people. The weather effects more people cause it affects everybody. Are you saying we should spend more time on weather then trying to reduce the deaths from gun violence?
[QUOTE="Diablo-B"][QUOTE="mingmao3046"]Good to see Chicago's anti gun laws are working out real well-Sun_Tzu-
NY has the strictest gun laws and we have the lowest murder rate per capita nationally. Chicago needs better leadership from their mayor and a better police force I don't know how big of an issue leadership actually is - homicides in Chicago have been trending downwards for two decades now. Things have been improving in the Windy city over the years. True, murders in general have been decreasing nationwide. But chicago still leads in homicides and gang violence. So its improving but still around last place.
[QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"][QUOTE="Diablo-B"] NY has the strictest gun laws and we have the lowest murder rate per capita nationally. Chicago needs better leadership from their mayor and a better police forceDiablo-B
I don't know how big of an issue leadership actually is - homicides in Chicago have been trending downwards for two decades now. Things have been improving in the Windy city over the years. True, murders in general have been decreasing nationwide. But chicago still leads in homicides and gang violence. So its improving but still around last place.
It does not. There are plenty of cities in the US with worse homicide rates.
[QUOTE="Diablo-B"][QUOTE="-Sun_Tzu-"][QUOTE="Diablo-B"] NY has the strictest gun laws and we have the lowest murder rate per capita nationally. Chicago needs better leadership from their mayor and a better police force I don't know how big of an issue leadership actually is - homicides in Chicago have been trending downwards for two decades now. Things have been improving in the Windy city over the years. True, murders in general have been decreasing nationwide. But chicago still leads in homicides and gang violence. So its improving but still around last place. That's not true.
The weather effects more people cause it affects everybody. Are you saying we should spend more time on weather then trying to reduce the deaths from gun violence?Diablo-B
Not necessarily, but the weather very well can be much more newsworthy than a murder. I think it's fair to say that in many cases a blizzard or a hurricane probably deserves more attention than the murder of a person. In any case, you seem to be under the mistaken impression that reducing the deaths from gun violence is even why these stories get reported at all. This stuff gets reported for ratings. Some stories draw in lots of readers because it affects many people (a hurricane, a flood), some stories don't really affect most people but they're popular anyway for other reasons (the death of Michael Jackson). Most deaths, murders or not, aren't going to fit in either of those categories. Most murders aren't going to have much interest to readers except on a local level, and most murders aren't going to directly affect more than a few dozen people.
Here's hoping there's not another lunatic weekend around st patrick's day like last year in Chicago. I couldn't believe how many shootings there were over one weekend. It's a shame, because Chicago is a much safer city today than it was ten years ago. But it's always these stores that make the news, and understandably so.
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