That's terrible. How could you write something like that, on a thread like this?Biodeamon said:
7 year old girl shot dead while selling some lemonade
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I've driven through that part of Chicago and it looked bad but holy shit this is shocking. Regardless of whether this was a stray bullet or not fuck the guy who shot it. He shouldn't have been shooting at anyone in the first place. I really don't understand what the parents were thinking however moving with their child here. That's absolutely shockingly poor judgement on their parts. Some things people do just boggles the mind and this is up there.
You clearly don't understand poverty.DVS BSTrD said:
You don't live in a crime filled poverty stricken area so you can save some extra money on rent you do it because you HAVE to. Do you think the hoods throughout the world would be so populated if they weren't the only affordable place for the people there? (Who still most likely can't afford it but get by with the minimum they have)
Ooo, Too soon, Too soon.Biodeamon said:
Um, I guess we can pretty much summarise this with: "Murica" really. Noticing the pattern of gun related crimes coming from Murica. May as well give guns to a group of toddlers, as seemingly they're the ones who are going to be victims of stray fire anyway.
To protect yourself from other people with guns/pointy or blunt objects who intend to maim, kill, or otherwise harm you.Res Plus said:
This is certainly a sad story and I'm somehow certain the gang members who had that shootout aren't too terribly proud of themselves either. It's not an argument for gun control though, as legally acquired weaponry isn't the issue...these are folks having a gun battle in the streets. I'm sure they're not too bothered by trivial things like "gun licenses" or laws pertaining to firearms.
What does the US have to do with this thread? Stupid generalizations on the internet piss me off more than an exploitative shock story about a little girl caught up in a gunfight in the slums.KingsGambit said:
Its been said like three times already, but I'll say it again because its true. Outlawing weapons here wouldn't make stuff like this cease to happen. It would only drive the market for said weapons underground. An expanded black market for firearms would only INCREASE violent crime.
We can either agree that there are some cultural differences between this country and yours, or you can be ignorant and intolerant and continue to spew bilious generalizations about a place that you've probably never even been to.
Hey now, sir. I too would prefer to live in a world where weaponry wasn't created, maintained, and employed specifically to harm other members of our species, but that's just not how the world works.Res Plus said:
I'm not arguing for one side of the other in this debate either, I'm merely pointing out facts based on the current state of US gun control as it relates to crimes.
Now, I'm not very familiar with the criminal world over in the UK, but I was under the impression that organized criminal elements, regardless of their location in the world, are able to acquire weaponry if they have the necessary capital. Perhaps it isn't as prevalent over there... I'd love statistics on it.
The US is probably miles ahead of anyone else in terms of gun-related deaths though.
Yes, I'm sure it's people like me and not, say, the the criminals with the guns.ManThatYouFear said:
I don't understand why you felt the need to insult me, but whatever.
You're right. They were aiming for the girl's dad. He snitched on his gang members to get out of a 20 year sentence. Still sucks massive balls though . Pardon my french.Daystar Clarion said:
It's not really that I'm ignoring it, but it just doesn't surprise me.Selvec said:
It's too far out of my Monkeysphere [http://www.cracked.com/article_14990_what-monkeysphere.html] for me to genuinely care.
Like I said, my sympathies are with the kid's family, but I'm not going to lose any sleep over it.
Nothing? Maybe a little? She died because she was struck by a bullet. Bullets are fired by guns. Ergo she was killed by a gun. This is really quite simple logic.Lumber Barber said:
Stop? No. Be significantly reduced? A resounding yes.Lumber Barber said:
The girl was in Chicago. Chicago is in the US. Ergo the girl was in the US.DRes82 said:
I bet it must piss you off even more when the generalisation is accurate and true then.DRes82 said:
It would reduce it by many magnitudes.DRes82 said:
No it wouldn't. Law abiding citizens don't buy weapons on black markets when doing so is illegal. Criminals will, and will continue committing crimes. But less guns = less bullets killing 7 year old children, committing murder and armed robbery. That's quite simple maths.DRes82 said:
No shit?DRes82 said:
Been there many times, and have probably seen more of the US than you have. Doesn't make your 300 year old Second Amendment any more sensible. Every single school, university and college shooting is on the heads of your government for continuing to allow everyone to buy firearms. This girl is dead for the same reason. Enjoy your legal guns. But don't bemoan the loss of this child's life when you support the law that allowed her to be killed.DRes82 said:
Ignorant implies I don't understand the culture or its laws. I'm actually fully informed of both and simply see how ancient and stupid they are. You guys are still living in the Wild West.
This is sad. Specially the fact it was a stray bullet... that doesnt really do anything to alive the fact that there was a shooting that occured, possibly between streetgangs. The only thing that could make this better was if one or more of those gangbangers died also. Than there would be atleast one less gangbanger to be around to start another shooting which another innocent could be killed in stray fire.