CHICAGO — A bloody weekend in which seven people died has abruptly ended, for now, hopes that Chicago might be putting a lid on its frightening homicide rate.
The homicides put the total for the year at 40 — the same as for January 2012. That year ended with more than 500 homicides for the first time since 2008. With a few days still left in the month, Chicago is poised to have the deadliest January since 2002, when there were 45 homicides.
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only criminals have guns in chicago, if you're a law abiding citizen and want to protect yourself, you won't be able to.
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Yeah, all those gang bangers and their legal guns killing each other, from inside their own homes following all the gun laws. Makes it easy to solve the murders since they are committed with registered guns in the gun owners home..no, wait, they are using illegal guns in random places...who would have guessed...gun control laws did nothing for criminals.
Well darn, if we get all guns banned like Mexico, it won't be too long and Chicago will be like Ciudad-Jaurez.