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    The Elephant In The Room

    1 dead, 20 wounded in Chicago suburb strip mall parking lot during Juneteenth celebration.

    Now, all those in favor of gun control are always overlooking the real cause for most of the gun crimes and it's always the elephant in the room....

    I wonder who is responsible for this shooting...

    Yes, that is the elephant in the room and everyone is afraid to talk about it.

    https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicag...reaking%20News
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

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    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

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    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

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    These days whenever there's a gathering of those crazy Amish, there's shooting.

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    Quote Originally Posted by alismith View Post
    the elephant in the room and everyone is afraid to talk about it.[/url]
    Back when BLM was showing up everywhere they came to our little corner of the world
    When all the speechifying was done I stopped a few on the way back to our cars and said that very thing to them
    No reply, just a dumb look
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    Well yeah but punishing criminals is racist!

    https://krdo.com/news/2023/06/16/mul...ile-on-parole/
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    Quote Originally Posted by weevil View Post
    Well yeah but punishing criminals is racist!
    They're just using the Democrap discount promotion code

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    2 dead, 15 wounded in large street party.

    https://www.theblaze.com/news/2-dead...y%20Engagement

    Elephant is here, too.
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

    "If you can make a man afraid, you can control him" Netflix Series, The Irregulars

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    Hundreds of teenagers rampage through Chicago streets.

    https://www.theblaze.com/news/teens-...reaking%20News

    Commucrats are proud of their youth.
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

    "If you can make a man afraid, you can control him" Netflix Series, The Irregulars

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    Well I think we can safely say that replacing ass whooping with time-out has not worked out nearly as well as the libs told us it would.
    Where are we going and why are we in this handbasket???

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    GARDEN GROVE, Calif
    Worker paving OC parking lot attacked after asking group not to walk on asphalt, family says
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    As far as perps not much to go on other than

    "Sara said Garden Grove police is working to gather surveillance footage of the assault. She's been told up to 20 people may have been involved."
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    Our school system is the culprit. The huge level of drop outs or poor scoring on Sat tests ends up in one simple equation. When a person lacks the skills to be employable, their options are limited. Money is needed to survive and/or thrive and those who lack employable skills will more often than not resort to crime to get the needed resources to survive. I live just outside Portland Or, where for years 50% of the high school students either failed or dropped out. The powers that be realize this so they throw more money at the teachers which in my opinion is like adding oil to an engine with 3 bent piston rods. A teacher should teach at the highest ability and the level of salary should have zero impact on their efforts. $12,000 to $18,000 per student per class room should be more than enough to provide students a future, yet they still ask for more.

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    Chaos Unleashed as Chicago Teens Run Rampant, Mayor Fails to Address Rising Crime

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ou...fdf474c6&ei=12
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    Quote Originally Posted by PROBASCO View Post
    Our school system is the culprit. The huge level of drop outs or poor scoring on Sat tests ends up in one simple equation. When a person lacks the skills to be employable, their options are limited. Money is needed to survive and/or thrive and those who lack employable skills will more often than not resort to crime to get the needed resources to survive. I live just outside Portland Or, where for years 50% of the high school students either failed or dropped out. The powers that be realize this so they throw more money at the teachers which in my opinion is like adding oil to an engine with 3 bent piston rods. A teacher should teach at the highest ability and the level of salary should have zero impact on their efforts. $12,000 to $18,000 per student per class room should be more than enough to provide students a future, yet they still ask for more.
    You can't teach those who are unwilling to learn.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 5.56NATO View Post
    You can't teach those who are unwilling to learn.




    And I could post a whole page of these kind of videos.
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    Quote Originally Posted by weevil View Post



    And I could post a whole page of these kind of videos.
    But dat would be rasis....
    "Valar morghulis; valar dohaeris."

    Commucrats are most efficient at converting sins and crimes to accidents or misunderstandings.-Oswald Bastable

    Making good people helpless won't make bad people harmless.

    Freedom isn't free.

    "Attitude is the paintbrush that colors our world." TV Series, Haven.

    My Spirit Animal has rabies.

    I'd rather be an American than a Democrat.

    "If you can make a man afraid, you can control him" Netflix Series, The Irregulars

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    And this time in Baltimore.....

    South Baltimore block party mass shooting leaves two dead and 28 injured, including 14 minors


    https://www.cbsnews.com/baltimore/ne...ty-minors-wjz/


    Gee....I wonder if that was an Irish neighborhood???


    Or perhaps Amish?
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    Quote Originally Posted by weevil View Post
    Chaos Unleashed as Chicago Teens Run Rampant, Mayor Fails to Address Rising Crime

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/ou...fdf474c6&ei=12
    (from the article)

    In a scene reminiscent of surrender, videos captured police officers standing by idly as teens jumped on cars and looted businesses. Despite the widespread destruction, the CPD made only two arrests, leaving residents feeling abandoned and unprotected. Shockingly, officers even prevented one resident from retrieving her vandalized vehicle, showcasing a lack of concern for the victims affected by this wave of lawlessness.
    And the "antis" wonder WHY people are buying more and more firearms.
    DUH !!
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    Quote Originally Posted by JTHunter View Post
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    And the "antis" wonder WHY people are buying more and more firearms.
    DUH !!

    On crime, college-educated Democrats are living in their own universe

    https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...95aac35e&ei=13

    "A poll released by the Survey Center on American Life last week confirms this. It found that only 37% of college-educated Democrats believe crime is a “very big” problem compared to two-thirds of Democrats without a college degree, two-thirds of Republicans without a college degree, and 55% of Republicans with a college degree. One-fifth of college-educated Democrats say crime is either a “small” problem or no problem at all — the highest proportion among any group."
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    It would be nice to see at least one western European country stand up and take the gloves off. I think that might start a trend. Maybe....

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    Youth gathering in Swiss city echoes French riots,
    https://www.foxnews.com/world/youth-...g-7-detentions
    Seven people were detained, most of them teenagers, after several shop windows in the Swiss city of Lausanne were smashed as young people gathered in an "echo" of riots in neighboring France, police said Sunday.
    ................

    Officers responding to reports of gunfire late Monday night found 11 shooting victims in a parking lot in Fort Worth, Texas, police said. One was pronounced dead at the scene and two others died in hospitals.
    https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fort-wo...d-parking-lot/
    The shooting happened in the city's Como neighborhood in Fort Worth, CBS Texas reported. Police told WFAA the shooting occurred hours after the end of the neighborhood's annual ComoFest.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Como,_Fort_Worth,_Texas
    The Como neighborhood is a historically African-American neighborhood located on the west side of Fort Worth, Texas.
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    A mass shooting in the Kingsessing section of southwest Philadelphia Monday evening left five people dead and two others injured, both of whom are children, Fox News has learned.
    https://www.foxnews.com/us/philadelp...others-injured
    Police Commissioner Danielle Outlaw said the suspect was arrested without incident. He was allegedly wearing a ballistic vest, had multiple magazines, an "AR-type rifle," a handgun and a police scanner during the shooting rampage, which began at approximately 8:30 p.m.

    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southwest_Philadelphia
    Southwest Philadelphia" . Historically home to many Irish American neighborhoods, the section now has a large African American and West African immigrant population; a recent nickname is "Little Africa"
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