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oberliner

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13. An 8-year old boy was shot in North St. Louis last night also

Mon Aug 6, 2018, 01:12 PM

Aug 2018

Police are investigating a shooting that left an 8-year-old with a gunshot wound just before 8 p.m. Sunday in north St. Louis.

http://www.kmov.com/story/38816617/6-year-old-among-those-injured-in-north-st-louis-shooting-police-say

You can spend hours reading all these heartbreaking stories and it packs quite an emotional punch.

I agree with you that there are fundamental societal problems that must be addressed - it just seems like there is a national conversation that needs to be happening that isn't.

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Weekend toll: 70 shot -- 11 fatally -- in Chicago gun violence [View all] oberliner Aug 2018 OP

Can some of the residents sue Indiana for their gun laws? uponit7771 Aug 2018 #1

Good question oberliner Aug 2018 #2

is it the gun laws or drug/gang violence that are causing this? Inkfreak Aug 2018 #3

Gun laws mostly, of course there's going to be gangs in any human city buts is the unfettered access uponit7771 Aug 2018 #8

Seven of the top ten sources of illegal guns are in-state hack89 Aug 2018 #16

Yep, figured ... take away Indiana's guns and Chi Town has a normal level of saturation of guns ... uponit7771 Aug 2018 #17

Feel free to back up "normal level of saturation" with some facts. nt hack89 Aug 2018 #26

More laxed gun laws penalties and less LEOs per person than comparable Brooklyn (link) uponit7771 Aug 2018 #27

Its poverty, drugs, gangs, and especially lack of opportunity Amishman Aug 2018 #36

Don't ask the experts, ask the layman. LanternWaste Aug 2018 #35

"Can some of the residents sue Indiana for their gun laws?" No. AncientGeezer Aug 2018 #4

Who is arguing we should? LanternWaste Aug 2018 #5

The people who aren't doing anything about it oberliner Aug 2018 #6

Chicago doesn't have the worst murder rate but still in the top 25 aikoaiko Aug 2018 #7

This weekend in Chicago was particularly awful oberliner Aug 2018 #9

My apologies. I didn't mean to disparage the tragedy of this massive number of lost lives. aikoaiko Aug 2018 #12

An 8-year old boy was shot in North St. Louis last night also oberliner Aug 2018 #13

I think it's the shooting incidents which a lot of wingers point to that's the issue. The murder rat uponit7771 Aug 2018 #10

I haven't seen any shooting indexes just homicide or suicide by gun. aikoaiko Aug 2018 #15

Yeah, because shooting one another advances a person up into a higher socio-economic bracket. Tipperary Aug 2018 #11

I think you're underestimating the impact of centuries/decades of discrimination, bigotry, poverty, aikoaiko Aug 2018 #14

Houston Texas is pretty close to the Chicago population and has about 550 shootings per year. braddy Aug 2018 #18

What does Houston have to do with what happened in Chicago this weekend? oberliner Aug 2018 #19

Plenty, read the thread posts, it isn't Indiana gun laws causing this, it is Chicago causing it. braddy Aug 2018 #23

Brooklyn similar is similar size, higher penalty gun laws and more Leos. uponit7771 Aug 2018 #28

This message was self-deleted by its author braddy Aug 2018 #29

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Looks like you already have an OP on this, oberliner. Kingofalldems Aug 2018 #21

Three OPs - 2 in GD and 1 in LBN oberliner Aug 2018 #22

I don't think they are posted to be thought provoking. Kingofalldems Aug 2018 #25

Speaking of Trump, he also likes to bring up Chicago R B Garr Aug 2018 #34

I think the new total is 74 shot. braddy Aug 2018 #24

Nothing good happens on a street corner, during a hot summer night, between the hours of 2-5AM. TheBlackAdder Aug 2018 #30

Poverty begets violence. jalan48 Aug 2018 #31

What can be done to help eradicate both? oberliner Aug 2018 #32

Good question. A massive jobs program to get money into the community. Perhaps the jalan48 Aug 2018 #33