11 hurt when gunmen open fire (Chicago)

Eleven people were hurt -- two seriously -- when gunmen opened fire near 75th Street and Vincennes Avenue in Englewood this morning and a fleeing car smashed into a CTA bus, witnesses and officials said.

It did not appear that anyone was wounded by gunfire, but instead were injured in the accident or by flying glass, the officials and witnesses said.

At around 9:30 a.m. , two men jumped from a red truck and began walking down the block, firing as the truck followed them, a witness said. They appeared to be aiming at a black Intrepid sedan.

"These young guys stepped out with AK-47s or Uzis or something and shot up the whole block," said Al Perkins, head cook at Ryan Anthony's restaurant in the 7400 block of South Vincennes.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chibrknews-police-firefighters-on-scene-of-incident-in-englewood-20110329,0,2269168.story?track=rss

... is more guns.

If everyone on that block stepped out and blazed away, that would have solved the situation for sure. It would have made a better story too, since some people would have been killed. :sarcasm:

:spray: :rofl:

Straw purchases in Philly to supply guns to Newark are legendary.
Also, if your gun is 'stolen', why don't you have to report that?

If your gun shop routinely sells guns that mysteriously end up being used in homicides or over-the-border in drug runners hands...shouldn't we be closing down your store?

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The debate on gun control rages on in the U.S. Kaj Larsen investigates the issues of
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Edit:
"The most violent country in Europe: Britain is also worse than South Africa and U.S."
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Note: 'Violent Crime' doesn't equal 'Murder'

sold daily if stopping it is possible?

I wish 100% we could remove all guns from the earth tomorrow. But we cannot and there are now 290 million guns in the USA.

They will be stolen like cars are stolen. And stolen guns will end up in the hands of bad people.

At this point the good guys need guns also. Many guns are used for self defense. It is beyond fixing at this point.

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However, if we pass laws with no intention or mechanism of enforcement, we're wasting our time.

We will not stop all gun violence no matter what we do -- we will never effectively ban all guns, and even if we made it mandatory for all citizens to carry big guns, crime would still happen.

My guess is that all the guns used in Chicago in that shoot spree were illegal.

Enforce the laws and it might help.

...suggestions, such as keeping violent criminals incarcerated.

It's a solution, but it's expensive and assumes that criminals are forever doomed to be criminals.

That is a fact. The payoff matrix is clear - The more violent offenders who are allowed to go back out into society, the more violent crime we will experience.

A lot of space in prisons could be freed up by releasing non-violent drug offenders, elderly prisoners, etc.

in the peaceful gun-control paradise of Chicago?

ATF was too busy smuggling guns to Mexico to notice what was happening here.

The Guns of Chicago

way to go republicans.

there must be some really bad shit going down if they open up with automatic weapons. first big test for the new mayor and his police chief.

;-)
and SARCASM