Tuesday, June 18, 2013

One weekend: 46 shot and 7 dead

No I am not talking about Iraq, Pakistan, Syria... This is happening right here in Chicago on the Father's Day Weekend. See here for details... 7 dead, 46 shot (yet the <title> tag of that news page says 6. Oh, additional request for the Tribune: can that article give me a google map with markers?)

If you read this news in some sites with readers able to post comments, sometimes you will see people mocking at the gun laws... "Look, Chicago has toughest gun laws around and look!" Ok, so are you suggesting arming every man woman and child in Chicago to reduce the number of crimes?

Just why is there so much conflicts? Is it economy related? If people can find work will they prefer making money instead of killing their enemies?

If I have a database I want to query: what is the success rate of catching killers? Is the penalty big enough to provide any deterrence?

Is there a way to stop this nonsense? More cops. Sure. but no one wants to pay for them. How about surveillance cameras everywhere and someone is going to object intruding their privacy (there is actually plenty of them out there). Education you say? This actually can work. But are there enough people willing to do this?

"Oh my God! Oh my God!" exclaimed one victim's father.

Dear God please help these helpless folks.

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