Tag: chicago

  • CHIraq – Chicago Is A Violent Place

    Violent crime in Chicago is out of control. Vice takes a look: 3:40 – “We using handguns in Chicago while they trying to ban assault rifles.  We don’t use assault rifles in Chicago. We get up on you baby.”  hahah real talk. The gang mentality is insane.  I couldn’t imagine living my life always worried…

  • Chicago Criminals Get A Free Pass On Committing Certain Crimes

    Basically that’s what is going down there now: Under the new policy, dispatchers will route 911 calls reporting non-criminal complaints or crimes in which no one is in imminent danger, such as some car thefts and simple assaults, to desk officers who will fill out police reports by phone. The new policy prohibits callers from…

  • Windy City Assault Front Sling Mount

    Some recent derp from the Chicago Tribune: Close… but not quite guys.  LOL  For the last 10 minutes I’ve been trying to jam a bayonet into that sling mount point, but no luck.  I’m actually surprised they didn’t say the gun would fire knives that were placed there. At least they didn’t try and say…

  • Violence Tax On Guns And Ammunition

    Cook County Chicago is trying to make it happen: Cook County Board President Preckwinkle is eyeing a violence tax on guns and ammunition sold in the city and suburbs The idea is to curb the number of guns in circulation, he said, citing a report issued last summer showing that nearly one-third of the guns…

  • Chicago Trys To End Gun Violence By Turning To Twitter

    400 murders so far in 2012, and naturally they want Twitter users advice: The City of Chicago is asking residents with ideas on how to get illegal guns off the streets to share their thoughts — in 140 characters or fewer on Twitter. The best submitted ideas will be debated at an Oct. 11 panel…

  • Using School Children To Promote Gun Control

    Jones College Prep — a Chicago Public Schools “selective enrollment” school — recently held “Social Justice Week” in March, a collection of events geared towards turning students into activists. A few things on my mind while watching the video: I love how the kid near the beginning of the video (0:30) speaks his mind 1:40…