Here we go again. Another reason to ban military grade assault weapons.

[yepthatsme]

The media is trying to push more reasons to ban the so called "assault weapons". This just in from another mass shooting in Chicago by gangs.


13 people, including 3-year-old, shot at South Side park - chicagotribune.com


(Before anyone jumps on me for using the term military grade assault weapons in the title, it was used to repeat the media's BS, not mine.)

 

[308jake]

Thug life ain't easy. Maybe someday the media will blame the people pulling the triggers and not the guns.

 

[daddyusmaximus]

What? Hold people accountable for their actions? Never gonna happen...




What kind of name is Deonta? Poor kid, don't stand a chance.

 

[Hoosier Wolf]

I was unaware that they knew what weapons were used. At least in the article I read they didn't seem to.

 

[Trooper]

What law is going to be effective if no one obeys it? How easy would it be to make rifles with machine tools? Or smuggle them in from Mexico?

 

[SEIndSAM]

Hmmmm, the article stated that at least 16 rounds was fired from 3 shooters. You could do that with revolvers or 1911's. Guess century old technology classifies as assault weapons???

 

[SteveM4A1]

Gotta love it. LEO's saying "military grade" weapons, when only about 20 shots were fired, with maybe more than once person doing the firing. Do they not realize how fast a military grade weapon can fire? Idiots. Oh but a citizen thinks it was an AK, because he/she has extensive knowledge of an AK's sound.

 

[Hop]

Multiple fail in that article.

[Deleting before I get myself a timeout from the board]

 

[SteveM4A1]

I bet it was another one of those AR-15 shotguns...

 

[Khazik]

"They need to stop, they need to stop," said the boy's grandmother, Semehca Nunn said" well they aint and I dont see how making us defenseless will solve that problem....

"I think it was like an AK," said one neighbor." neighbor dont know squat.

While this is a tragedy, it's because of more than one reason/failure and no doubt the media will blame this on AR/AK rifles because the mere fact they exist is what kills people. Anyone else think if someone opened fire with an AK or "high powered rifle" there'd be more casualties than what's reported?

 

[spec4]

Chicago police chief McCarthy was on WLS blaming the guns. He said they have evidence that a high powered assault weapon was used. This guy is an embarrassment.

 

[Redtbird]

I saw nothing in the article about what kind of weapon(s) was used in this shooting. "I think it was an AK..." Yeah... Sure...

You would think they would have some idea by now by examining the bullets taken out of the victims. What will the po-po have to say if it turns out to be a couple of cheap pistols, and not the Infamous Assault Rifle that shoots people by itself?

Jamarrie? Wut?

 

[cook4army]

I was unaware that they knew what weapons were used. At least in the article I read they didn't seem to.

heres the quote from the article:
A gunman with a military-grade assault rifle opened fire on a pickup basketball game in the Back of the Yards neighborhood late Thursday, injuring 13 people and dragging the city back into the international spotlight for its violent crime problem.
At least 16 bullets were fired into Cornell Square Park around 10:15 p.m. on Thursday, wounding a 3-year-old boy and a dozen other people. All are expected to survive, many with wounds to their arms and legs.

Shell casings found around the blood-soaked basketball courts were 7.62 mm rounds, which are traditionally used in AK-47 assault rifles and rarely found in gang attacks on Chicago’s South Side. Though gun violence has long plagued the city’s impoverished neighborhoods, offenders almost never use military-style weapons."

 

[indykid]

First, I don't think they truly know what type of weapon was used, but if what they say is true, that a "military style assault rifle" was used, it means they are pretty poor weapons as 13 were injured, ZERO dead. I would not want our military to be armed with weapons with such poor ballistics.

 

[SkullDaddy.45]

When will these thugs start killing children with the proper killing tools, give them all abortion kits so they can start getting government aid!

 

[Kirk Freeman]

AKs and standard capacity magazines are already illegal in Chicago.

Make them double illegal will help?

 

[SteveM4A1]

AKs and standard capacity magazines are already illegal in Chicago.

Make them double illegal will help?

This.

 

[netsecurity]

Yes, their plan is to make them doubly illegal. They want to remove guns from law abiding citizens in HOPES that less make it into the hands of criminals. It is a tough sell, since drugs are illegal, and all the gangs exist to do massive quantities of drug transactions. Ironically, the drugs mostly come from Mexico (*cough* where all guns already are illegal, and thousands die from para military drug gangs)...

 

[drillsgt]

I saw nothing in the article about what kind of weapon(s) was used in this shooting. "I think it was an AK..." Yeah... Sure...

You would think they would have some idea by now by examining the bullets taken out of the victims. What will the po-po have to say if it turns out to be a couple of cheap pistols, and not the Infamous Assault Rifle that shoots people by itself?

Jamarrie? Wut?

They won't say anything, they've already completed the mission of getting more AWB misinformation out there.

 

[SERparacord]

They won't say anything, they've already completed the mission of getting more AWB misinformation out there.

^ True. No one cares a three year old was shot, it's more important to bring up AR/AK's even there is no evidence of such. Without the AR/AK mention it would just be another Chicago weekend.