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Tipperary

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22. I certainly do not assume that.
Sun Jun 21, 2020, 12:16 PM
Jun 2020

Anyone with any knowledge of the gun violence in Chicago would not assume that either. Very sad.

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They don't say the shooters were white Beringia Jun 2020 #1
there is a lot of gang violence in Chicago. The article goes through all of the shootings mucifer Jun 2020 #2
I know Beringia Jun 2020 #3
Why make that assumption? Igel Jun 2020 #4
Odds are against it. jmg257 Jun 2020 #5
Great info, thanks for that Beringia Jun 2020 #6
That would be a very poor assumption hack89 Jun 2020 #8
I certainly do not assume that. Tipperary Jun 2020 #22
Their loved ones are feeling just as much pain as Mr Floyd or Mr Brooks families MichMan Jun 2020 #7
I hope there is continued outrage over these senseless killings. jmg257 Jun 2020 #9
"Continued?" Tipperary Jun 2020 #23
Ah I guess not...lasts as long as the 1st day after the weekend? jmg257 Jun 2020 #24
The root cause is the Republican Drug War gulliver Jun 2020 #10
the dems backed the crime bill. Both parties are to blame. One is trying harder to fix it now mucifer Jun 2020 #11
Nope. That's a Republican talking point. gulliver Jun 2020 #12
We have admit our mistakes : mucifer Jun 2020 #13
Again, there's no equivalence here. It's pure Republicanist sophism to suggest one. gulliver Jun 2020 #14
Not everyone favors complete legalization MichMan Jun 2020 #17
If all Republicans were voted out of every office in November, the "drug war" would be gone. gulliver Jun 2020 #18
Reagan had a Democratic House all 8 years MichMan Jun 2020 #15
It's just a Republican talking point, but I'm glad to see it being backed down from gulliver Jun 2020 #16
Too many out of state guns able to travel into SE Chi, that's the long and short of it uponit7771 Jun 2020 #19
I wish it was that simple. It is a factor mucifer Jun 2020 #21
And the people who use them? Where do they come in from? jmg257 Jun 2020 #25
Nope small percentage of people in Chicago on the guns uponit7771 Jun 2020 #27
Agree on that - the actual few thousand offenders, jmg257 Jun 2020 #28
Why don't those guns stay sarisataka Jun 2020 #26
Or start suing the surrounding states for allowing the trafficking of guns into chi uponit7771 Jun 2020 #29
Awful mvd Jun 2020 #20
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