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fescuerescue

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11. Chicago was doing much much better when it banned handguns

Reply to marble falls (Original post)

Wed Jul 31, 2019, 01:35 PM

Jul 2019

Every since the Trump Supreme Court ordered them legal, murder has exploded there.

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2 Chicago Moms Fought For Years To End Gun Violence. They Were Shot Dead Last Week. [View all] marble falls Jul 2019 OP

So awful democrank Jul 2019 #1

I've read there a lot of shootings in Chicago. Bonx Jul 2019 #2

And this is why I hate guns and gun owners. Initech Jul 2019 #3

What about the actual perpetrators of this crime? n/t Odoreida Jul 2019 #4

I don't know. Initech Jul 2019 #6

The problem in Chicago is violent criminals with illegal guns hack89 Jul 2019 #5

And how many of those guns were stolen? Initech Jul 2019 #7

Six percent according to the DOJ hack89 Jul 2019 #8

Because only violent criminals with illegal guns contribute the problem as a whole. LanternWaste Jul 2019 #10

The demographics of gun violence are well known hack89 Jul 2019 #12

Guns from Indiana are flooding South Chi, Illinois should sue Indiana for this shit uponit7771 Jul 2019 #9

40% from Illinois, 20% from Indiana hack89 Jul 2019 #14

Chicago was doing much much better when it banned handguns fescuerescue Jul 2019 #11

For second year in a row, double-digit decreases in gun violence in Chicago hack89 Jul 2019 #13

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