With murders up nearly 80% in Chicago last month, Lori Lightfoot blames guns

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  1. Steve N

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    Considering who said it, it's probably homophobic.
     
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    Apparently not all black lives matter.
     
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    Why wouldn't she blame shootings on guns??? There are hundreds of thousands of guns stolen EVERY YEAR in the good old USA. And that's just the ones reported stolen, most states don't require owners to report their stolen guns???? INSANITY!!!
     
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    Murders slowed down during the shutdown and resumed somewhat last month, it's not really a 80% rise from the norm

    end the war on drugs, stop supporting the funding of gangs - that is the real cause
     
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    Ok what is the Republican plan to stop crime in the large cities.
     
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    you start by getting rid of democrats
    you think its just a coincidence that large cities with the highest crimes rates are all run by democrats?
     
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    over twice as many die from drug overdoses every year then are killed by guns
    so all you will be doing is replacing gun deaths with overdose deaths
     
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    more die from alcohol than guns

    most people drink and do other drugs responsibly

    the war on drugs ruins more lives than the drugs themselves

    how many overdose deaths from Marijuana in the last year? how about magic mushrooms? how about Peyote?
     
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    If a firearm owner does not report their property as being stolen, they cannot file an insurance claim and be reimbursed for their losses.
     
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    Even if the so-called "war on drugs" were to be ended, it would make absolutely no difference. There would simply be some new substance the public would crave that government would be opposed to, which would fuel the criminal element willing to supply it to the public willing to pay for it.
     
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    I am certainly in favor of incentivizing sterilization and long term birth control methods for people on welfare.

    One of the worst perpetuaters of the cycle of poverty is reproduction/children. And yet, the people having the most children tend to be the poor ---- who are incentivized for it. Could our system be anymore screwed up and backwards....
     
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    agreed, it is the only way to free the democrat plantation
     
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    See:

     
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    Technology is a great way to catch criminals and decrease violent crime too.

    ShotSpotter, CrimeStat, facial recognition, etc..

    They all work amazingly well. Too well. The "community activists" hate crime-fighting technology because it catches criminals, and catching criminals is, of course, racist.

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    Oh yeah. No doubt. Our gas for cars once had lead in it.
     
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    Yes it did. Quite wild it really wasn’t all that long ago.
     
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    how’s it the gun’s fault it’s stolen? isn’t it once again the criminals at fault?

    a victim is certainly not required to report the fact they are a victim...but again i am not sure why you are blaming the victim. it’s not the gun or the victims fault...you seemed to be going to great lengths to defend criminals
     
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    The left has nothing to offer but blame something or someone else.
     
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    If a criminal knocks over a convenience store with a gun, give 'em (him/her) an extra 30 years for using the gun. It ain't the gun that had legs and a mind.
     
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    The police have been neutered by the Democrats and the Democrats wonder why the crime is way up?

    The crime is way up because Democrats run the city. They have set up systems and institutions to ensure high crime rates.

    - Horrible public education
    - Fatherless Homes
    - Neutered Police Force

    What could go wrong?
     
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    agreed many things can go wrong, obama for example came from chicago with a horrible public education system and neutered police force

    he was also fatherless and ruined America with socialism.
     
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    Well, until Covid hit, we were had record unemployment amongst African Americans and lower income people.

    At this rate, if the Democrats win, we will have record people on food stamps and government benefits for many years to come. It is like a dream come true for the Democrats and the Elite of this country.
     
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    New York is also having murder problems and people are leaving.
     

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