"Certainly, guns take the most lives, but two years of gun crime in Chicago eclipse all the lone-wolf shootings since 2012 in the U.S. However, the politicians in Chicago think that’s not a problem, but just how things are in the big city."
Politicians in Chicago and Illinois think that this is BIG problem, but keep running into issues doing anything about it when weapons flow freely over the Indiana border and from other neighboring states. Unfortunately, when anyone tries to do something about it, a judge elsewhere strikes it down.[1]
(Ironically, this is a place where Stephen Miller's ICE could do some good breaking up gangs in the city that generate the demand for these weapons, but they're too busy beclowning themselves arresting old women selling tamales[2], chasing delivery drivers[3], and taking river cruises[4]. But they're too busy being goons to do any actual good here...)
And before you start throwing more rocks at Illinois on this topic, you might check to see how your home state of Georgia is doing. I'm safer here in Illinois (13.5 killed / 100K) - and even Chicago itself (17 / 100K[5]) - than I would be your state of Georgia (18.6 / 100k).[6]
Is it new? Probably not, and if anything there's less murder now than decades ago. If there is something new it's about where said killings occur. The thing that's new is making it national news, 'cause news media needs content - and much of it would have just been local news back in the day.
Moreover, it's not like Americans have a unique issue with mental health or political violence compared to other developed nations. The difference is the easy access to guns which make it much easier to kill more people at one time, which most other developed nations do not allow easy access to such weapons.
But there's little point in rehashing the arguments about mitigating gun violence, or for having better access to mental health treatment - because prevention is for some reason anathema.
"Certainly, guns take the most lives, but two years of gun crime in Chicago eclipse all the lone-wolf shootings since 2012 in the U.S. However, the politicians in Chicago think that’s not a problem, but just how things are in the big city."
Politicians in Chicago and Illinois think that this is BIG problem, but keep running into issues doing anything about it when weapons flow freely over the Indiana border and from other neighboring states. Unfortunately, when anyone tries to do something about it, a judge elsewhere strikes it down.[1]
(Ironically, this is a place where Stephen Miller's ICE could do some good breaking up gangs in the city that generate the demand for these weapons, but they're too busy beclowning themselves arresting old women selling tamales[2], chasing delivery drivers[3], and taking river cruises[4]. But they're too busy being goons to do any actual good here...)
And before you start throwing more rocks at Illinois on this topic, you might check to see how your home state of Georgia is doing. I'm safer here in Illinois (13.5 killed / 100K) - and even Chicago itself (17 / 100K[5]) - than I would be your state of Georgia (18.6 / 100k).[6]
[1] https://abc7chicago.com/post/illinois-assault-weapons-ban-update-federal-judge-rules-gun-law-unconstitutional/15528291/
[2] https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/2025/09/27/tamale-vendor-arrested-back-of-the-yards-ice-immigration
[3] https://bsky.app/profile/wutangforchildren.bsky.social/post/3lzwt3qdezs2n
[4] https://youtu.be/xxJPkgU1EQE?si=ltWqrX3gO7qQxUIV&t=35
[5] https://blockclubchicago.org/2025/09/05/sorry-trump-chicago-is-not-the-murder-capital-of-the-world-not-even-close-data-shows/
[6] https://worldpopulationreview.com/state-rankings/gun-deaths-per-capita-by-state
Crazies and haters. Copycats who are inspired to attempt bigger and bolder mass murders and so many ways to do it.
Is it new? Probably not, and if anything there's less murder now than decades ago. If there is something new it's about where said killings occur. The thing that's new is making it national news, 'cause news media needs content - and much of it would have just been local news back in the day.
Moreover, it's not like Americans have a unique issue with mental health or political violence compared to other developed nations. The difference is the easy access to guns which make it much easier to kill more people at one time, which most other developed nations do not allow easy access to such weapons.
But there's little point in rehashing the arguments about mitigating gun violence, or for having better access to mental health treatment - because prevention is for some reason anathema.
Can you tell me more about your last two sentences?