Wirepoints’ Mark Glennon on AM560’s Morning Answer
April 22, 2026
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Summary and audio linked here.
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Mark Konkol: The shooting victim explained, "People ask if I'm going to move out of the city. I really don't think so. I don't feel unsafe in my everyday life, even though maybe my experience says the opposite. When you live in the city, you have some more inherent dangers than living in the suburbs, maybe. But the trade-offs are worth it."
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Its so worth it! I wouldn’t trade it for anything. My kids understand that one of them may get plunked in the head by a stray bullet when the savage is just “funnin”. We also practice getting out of the car in an orderly fashion if we were to get carjacked, we even have “go bags” to take with us when we are relieved of our vehicle, that way we have something to eat and things to do when we get stranded. I have also explained to them that there won’t be any money for college because we spent the… Read more »
I often expect total strangers to shoot at me! It’s Chicago!
An incredibly stupid and dangerous article. No, living in a war zone is not ‘normal’.
So we Chicagoans should accept inherent danger of being shot while conducting our daily lives, as if this was a normal construct of urban life, like buying milk and bread at Jewel.