Gun Control Success Story - ChicagoLand...

Chicago has, for decades now, had among the strictest gun control laws in the country. It is illegal for a private citizen to posess a handgun in the city. Carrying any type of gun on one's person is a virtual legal impossibility.

Knowing this, how is it possible that 6 men in Chicago were shot and killed using handguns this weekend? A 9-year old boy was wounded by a handgun shot. Another man was shot by police.

You see, what criminals know is that, if you don't see a cop around, there is virtually no chance of your intended victim being able to fight back.

This is just human nature. Think about how fast you drive when you have a radar detector onboard. Now consider your speed as you approach a construction site with a highway patrol car's lights flashing on the shoulder.

Here's the article from CBS news in Chicago. Note the horrendous injuries described by non-gun violence at the end of the article.

Six Men Shot Dead In 24 Hours In Chicago
Several Others Shot Or Stabbed
And Wounded
CHICAGO (CBS) ―
Shootings claimed the lives of six men in the city in a bloody and violent 24 hours over the weekend.

The first shooting happened around 8:20 p.m. Friday, when Tijuan Edwards, 18, was talking to a 25-year-old man in the street at 1916 S. Trumbull Ave. when multiple gunmen approached on foot and shot both men. Edwards was dead on the scene, and the 25-year-old was taken to Mount Sinai Hospital with gunshot wounds to the left arm, chin and thigh, police said.

About 11:20 p.m. Friday, Jovon Lee, 24, was fatally shot at 5928 S. Maplewood Ave., and was dead on the scene, the Cook County Medical Examiner's office said. Police found Lee shot in the neck.

About 2 a.m. Saturday, a man was fatally shot across the street from his Northwest
Side home.

Melvin Vallejo, 29, of 6100 W. Diversey Ave., was shot at 6105 W. Diversey Ave. and was dead on the scene, the medical examiner's office said. Police said Vallejo was involved in an argument that became violent and he was shot in the head.

About 2:20 a.m. Saturday, a man was fatally shot on the South Side. Rodrick Scott, 21, of an unidentified home address, was pronounced dead about an hour later at 3:34 a.m. at Advocate Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, after he was found shot on the 1000 block of West 60th Street.

Streets were quiet until Saturday night, when Ricardo Valdez, 20, was shot at 5924 S. Whipple St. and later pronounced dead. Police responded to the shooting at 8:18 p.m., according to police, who said the man was confronted on the street by six
Hispanic men who fled south from Whipple Street after firing shots.

Also Saturday evening, Willie Short, 38, was shot and killed as he drove and
ultimately crashed into a fence Saturday night at 4103 W. Madison St. in the
West Garfield Park neighborhood, authorities said.

Others were wounded in shootings over the weekend, including a 9-year-old boy who was walking home with his family when was wounded during a Friday night shooting at 6758 N. Ashland Ave. in the Rogers Park neighborhood, police said. Nobody else was wounded.

The boy was taken in good condition to Children's Memorial Hospital with a gunshot
wound to the thigh, police said.

A 19-year-old man was also shot and wounded by police when he allegedly
pointed a gun at them at 6400 S. Wood St. in the Englewood neighborhood.
Tactical officers were working nearby when they attempted to approach the man,
who first fled, then pointed a gun at an officer, prompting him to shoot, police
said.

Violence with other weapons also sent a few people to the hospital over the weekend.

A woman was stabbed with a branch cutter early Saturday, allegedly by her boyfriend Albert Parker, 40, of 7024 S. Clyde Ave., according to a police report. Parker was arrested by police at 4:55 a.m. Saturday, while the woman was
taken to Northwestern Memorial Hospital in serious condition, police said.

In another incident, police say a man stabbed his girlfriend several times with a
screwdriver and set a fire in his South Side apartment during a domestic argument. The incident happened around 9:20 p.m. Saturday at 7930 S. Evans Ave.,
police said. The man and woman were taken to area hospitals in serious
condition. Both suffered smoke inhalation injuries and the woman also suffered
stab injuries, police said.