How Chicago pats itself on the back

pellmell It's not worth having this discussion. Carry on Chicago.

SMT
Just like college football it just takes the right hire.

azgreg So Chicago is like...The Cleveland Browns?

I'm sure the killers are just passing their guns back and forth amongst themselves, to avoid background checks, ya know. Shithole.

It's all fixable, but I really think many don't want it fixed.

Anybody who wants a gun can get one.

sdandrea1 Yes. No need to cross a state line, which also breaks the law if it's a handgun. Stolen ones are sold on street same as drugs and flesh.

backinit So Chicago is like...The Cleveland Browns?

If they are not going to clean it up build a fence around it. Send in IDF.

jsippy73 back in 1973 and 74, drove a yellow cab in Chgo (mainly in the summer). The bulletproof glass between me and the passenger will attest to how safe it was.
As a sidenote to gun laws, fireworks were and still are illegal in Chicago. As an 11yr old, had no problem buying them.

backinit build a fence around it.

Just throwing this out there for consumption.

https://freedomforallamericans.org/highest-murders-in-us-by-city/

HybridWood all part of the murder capital of the world.

propman As a sidenote to gun laws, fireworks were and still are illegal in Chicago. As an 11yr old, had no problem buying them.

Anybody who wants fireworks can get them.

In 2023 there were 7 firearm-related deaths in Japan for the entire year. Japan has a population that is about half that of the US.

So it is equivalent to 14 total firearm deaths for the entire US in an entire year!