2aguy
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John Kass makes an excellent point on the stupidity of anti gunners as he addresses the murder rate in democrat controlled, gun controlled chicago....
Have Chicago politicians gone 'fetal'?
Some say this a gun issue. But that's a con job. There are many guns in the suburbs, yet suburbanites aren't slaughtering each other.
This is a street-gangs-with-guns problem, on the South and West sides of Chicago. And calling it anything else is a distraction to give cover to the politicians.
And what is the real issue in stopping gun crime....locking up violent criminals...what stops this...democrat race baiting.....
But Chicago's top cop is trying to get politicians to act. And he's mostly alone.
"Now I'm no fan of mass incarceration, or disproportionate arresting of minorities," Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was saying at a City Club breakfast on Tuesday, in a discussion with Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.
"But the simple fact is this," Johnson said. "If you pick up a gun and shoot somebody, I don't care how you're wrapped, black, brown, polka dot, psychedelic, it doesn't matter. You should go to prison. It's as simple as that."
Johnson was at the City Club to continue his push for a state law that would increase sentences for gun crimes. One intriguing feature: If a judge wants to shower the guilty shooter with mercy at sentencing, that judge must put those reasons in writing.
But the Illinois Black Caucus in Springfield didn't like it. Judges weren't too crazy about it either. So nothing has been done.
In Chicago, there is no political advantage in Democrats calling out the lawmakers who do nothing.
Democrat Mayor Rahm Emanuel can't call out the Legislative Black Caucus. He's still trying to rehabilitate his political image with black voters after the Laquan McDonald fiasco. Democratic political boss Mike Madigan won't, because he needs caucus members to keep his majority hold on Illinois and its Legislature.
Have Chicago politicians gone 'fetal'?
Some say this a gun issue. But that's a con job. There are many guns in the suburbs, yet suburbanites aren't slaughtering each other.
This is a street-gangs-with-guns problem, on the South and West sides of Chicago. And calling it anything else is a distraction to give cover to the politicians.
And what is the real issue in stopping gun crime....locking up violent criminals...what stops this...democrat race baiting.....
But Chicago's top cop is trying to get politicians to act. And he's mostly alone.
"Now I'm no fan of mass incarceration, or disproportionate arresting of minorities," Chicago police Superintendent Eddie Johnson was saying at a City Club breakfast on Tuesday, in a discussion with Cook County Sheriff Tom Dart.
"But the simple fact is this," Johnson said. "If you pick up a gun and shoot somebody, I don't care how you're wrapped, black, brown, polka dot, psychedelic, it doesn't matter. You should go to prison. It's as simple as that."
Johnson was at the City Club to continue his push for a state law that would increase sentences for gun crimes. One intriguing feature: If a judge wants to shower the guilty shooter with mercy at sentencing, that judge must put those reasons in writing.
But the Illinois Black Caucus in Springfield didn't like it. Judges weren't too crazy about it either. So nothing has been done.
In Chicago, there is no political advantage in Democrats calling out the lawmakers who do nothing.
Democrat Mayor Rahm Emanuel can't call out the Legislative Black Caucus. He's still trying to rehabilitate his political image with black voters after the Laquan McDonald fiasco. Democratic political boss Mike Madigan won't, because he needs caucus members to keep his majority hold on Illinois and its Legislature.
