At least 40 people were shot over the weekend across Chicago, with seven of them slain, according to police logs.
The toll covers a period from 8:43 p.m. Friday–after violent storms hit the city–to 6:39 this morning.
On Sunday, Chicago Police Superintendent Jody Weis acknowledged a high number shootings over the weekend and attributed more than half of them to the work of gangs.
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Good thing guns or banned over there or it could have been even MORE!
Oh wait, it is already illegal to shoot and murder people. People need to realize that only the good guys that follow the laws are the only ones who obey these laws…
Chicago has some of the strictest gun laws in the US- from wikipedia- “Some municipalities, most notably Chicago, require that all firearms be registered with the local police department.[89] Chicago does not allow the registration of handguns, which has the effect of outlawing their possession, unless they were grandfathered in by being registered before April 16, 1982″
-updated number on title to reflect new total number of those killed and shot
awesome!
http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/06/28/us.scotus.handgun.ban/index.html?hpt=T1
High court strikes down Chicago handgun ban
fucked up. when will people realize that criminals dont follow the law, and therefore by banning handguns, that wont stop the criminals, they will still have them, but us law abiding citizens cant! i didn’t know it was that bad in chicago. jersey is a rough state, we can purchase handguns, but there is like a 6 month waiting period and you have to go through all kinds of applications and approvals to get one, and they don’t allow any carry permits. unless you’re law enforcement, you can’t have a weapon outside of your property unless its unloaded, in a locked case, and in the trunk of the car. its bullshit.
Wow it is actually up to 54
Sun-Times Media Wire
Ten people were killed and at least 44 others were shot across the city Friday night into early Monday, including a baby girl who suffered a graze wound to the neck when gunfire erupted at a Near West Side barbecue.