tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post2533952461913007042..comments2024-03-23T09:42:36.833-05:00Comments on Uptown Update: Man Grazed By Bullet Near Scene Of Last Week's Shooting; Ald. Osterman To Hold Community Safety MeetingsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-88018538392509233892016-09-12T17:13:50.002-05:002016-09-12T17:13:50.002-05:00Disgusting. I own a home in the 4800 block of N K...Disgusting. I own a home in the 4800 block of N Kenmore. I will maintain my ownership until I see that the most ugly of words - gentrification - works its lovely magic on my now chosen neck of the woods. Completely unacceptable.An Uptown Property Ownerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10618613482331981186noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-35864246931628680912016-09-11T16:48:43.896-05:002016-09-11T16:48:43.896-05:00I remember hearing this as I was going to bed and ...I remember hearing this as I was going to bed and thinking "that couldn't have been gunshots, there were only a couple." These guys must have been aiming and not doing the usual spraying of bullets.Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07094756316706519851noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-35540565446076463642016-09-11T09:52:28.788-05:002016-09-11T09:52:28.788-05:00I don't think gangbangers need conceal-carry a...I don't think gangbangers need conceal-carry as an excuse for illegal guns, anymore than they need medical marijuana as an excuse to sell heroin. They have a thriving illegal economy up here, and they hardly need a philosophical excuse like CC. There is a lot of evidence that says Chicago guns are coming from states with lax gun sales rules (cough, Indiana, cough) and that the punishment for illegal gun-possession here isn't nearly as harsh as in other major cities. If we could FINALLY fix those things then maybe guns would become less common and crimes less brazen.<br />(For the record, I am very, very against guns of any sort, including legal conceal-carry for the average citizen. I just don't agree that there is any correlation with our current violence.)<br /><br />Regarding landlords: getting a tenant evicted is extremely difficult in Chicago. You can call the police constantly, you can have blatant drug use, gang activity, theft, violence... and still the case will take months or years, cost the landlord thousands in legal fees, and probably still not end with an eviction. The cops and landlords would love it if gangbangers and dealers could just get kicked out of a building, but the courts make it almost impossible. <br /><br />Regarding the ACLU: There is a lot of evidence that stop and frisk wasn't just racist (it was), it was also a complete crap-shoot of effectiveness. For every 10 people who are stopped 9 are probably going to be regular joes who are now angry with the cops and less likely to provide them with assistance in the future. Intimidating potential victims of crime hardly helps the community, and getting 1 "bad guy" through S&F causes confirmation bias that the activity was necessary, when there is a good chance that other police tactics would have caught 1 "bad guy" that day too. MargateParkFamilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10169867616006352664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1957537260422450632.post-28411219239949318872016-09-10T19:05:58.852-05:002016-09-10T19:05:58.852-05:00Bad things happen after 11 p.m.....anyway, this is...Bad things happen after 11 p.m.....anyway, this is my take on what's going on. We didn't have these gun shootings until the city was forced to allow conceal carry. And because of that, some people meant that to mean "illegal" conceal carry.<br /><br />I consider the landlords of buildings where these gangbangers live to be enablers and accomplices. If they know that bad people are in their buildings, they need to get them out.<br /><br />There's no way to stop the madness because of guns. And the guns are in the hands of young teens. If somebody can think of a non-ACLU way of stopping the flow of guns....but as long as we have the ACLU strangling the city and preventing the cops from doing their job, the shootings will continue as is. Notice that ever since the ACLU forced the city to stop the stop and frisk, calling it "unlawful and discriminatory" the thugs have become more brazen. That agreement with the ACLU needs to be torn up.<br />Liannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11825878578990955489noreply@blogger.com